I wrote the other day about Bishop Robert J. Baker, Bishop of Birmingham. I’ve been on a quest to learn more about him. I found out that Bishop Baker used to be a professor of sacramental theology. (I hope to find out more about that later.) I found two of his writings on the Birmingham Diocesan website. While he was still in Charleston, Bishop Baker wrote a pastoral letter, “The Redemption of Our Bodies, The Theology of the Body and Its Consequences for Ministry in the Diocese of Charleston.” I’ve been studying the Theology of the Body myself, so I was delighted to see that Bishop Baker has been studying—and teaching—it too. Continue reading “The Redemption of Our Bodies, Bishop Baker’s pastoral letter on the Theology of the Body” →