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About Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D.
Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D., is Professor of Theology at Benedictine College where he is co-director of its Center for Integral Ecology. His research and writing concentrates especially on the theology of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI, the wedding of ancient and modern methods of biblical interpretation, the dialogue between faith and science, and stewardship of creation. In addition to his other scholarly and outreach endeavors, Dr. Ramage is author, co-author, or translator of over fifteen books, including Dark Passages of the Bible (CUA Press, 2013), Jesus, Interpreted (CUA Press, 2017), The Experiment of Faith (CUA Press, 2020), and Christ’s Church and World Religions (Sophia Institute Press, 2020). His latest book, From the Dust of the Earth: Benedict XVI, the Bible, and the Theory of Evolution, was published by CUA Press in 2022. When he is not teaching or writing, Dr. Ramage enjoys exploring the great outdoors with his wife and seven children, tending his orchard, leading educational trips abroad, and aspiring to be a barbeque pitmaster. For more on Dr. Ramage’s work, visit his website www.matthewramage.com.
Pope Benedict XVI uses a cane as he arrives for an audience with priests of the Diocese of Rome in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Feb. 14. (CNS photo/Paul Haring; Feb. 14
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What Benedict XVI taught us about Israel—and why it matters now

December 6, 2025 Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. 64

When devout Catholic young people start approaching you, troubled by the possibility that God has abandoned the Jews and that they somehow stand behind our social ills, it becomes clear that something has gone deeply […]

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On the surprising sanity of Bill Gates on climate change…

November 16, 2025 Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. 73

I didn’t see this coming. I could hardly believe the news article that came across my desk the other day: none other than Bill Gates was urging climate advocates to rethink their priorities and rhetoric […]

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Uncovering the papal lessons hidden beneath the ice

October 9, 2025 Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. 36

As the internet erupted over Pope Leo’s blessing of a 20,000-year-old block of melting Greenland ice, I remained happily oblivious to the firestorm while delivering some lectures on creation in the Bay Area. After completing my […]

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Reflections on Pope Leo XIV’s Inaugural Message on Creation

August 28, 2025 Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. 18

In my last column, I reflected on Pope Leo XIV’s approval of a new liturgical formulary, the Mass for the Care of Creation, highlighting the rich opportunity it affords to renew the Church’s liturgical prayer […]

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Leo XIV and the Liturgical Renewal of Creation

July 8, 2025 Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. 27

Still basking in the joy of having a successor of St. Peter who hails from the land of my birth (though admittedly still a bit disappointed that he’s not a Cubs fan), I, like many, […]

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Cultivating the Soul: Gardening as Catechesis

June 11, 2025 Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. 6

It has been a good stretch in the Ramage garden lately—or at least a busy one. Between harvesting greens, picking the season’s first strawberries, watering young tomato plants, and doing battle with proliferating weeds, my […]

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Subduing the Earth: Dominion or Domination?

April 9, 2025 Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. 9

In the previous installment of this column, I reflected on the present-day significance of Adam’s vocation to avad (“till” or “cultivate”) and shamar (“keep” or “care for”) the Garden of Eden. At that time, I […]

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Tending God’s Garden: Adam’s Vocation and Ours

February 14, 2025 Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. 15

Over the past few months, much of my time and energy has been devoted to a side project exploring God’s two books through the lens of Pope Benedict’s dialogue with atheism. Now, however, I’d like […]

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The Christian Image of Man

December 19, 2024 Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. 12

If you’re living and breathing in 2024, you doubtlessly already know that our culture is awash in confusion about what it means to be human. In a way like never before, clichés like “my body, […]

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Scripture, science, and non-believers: Further insights from Benedict XVI

November 6, 2024 Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. 15

In the last installment of this “God’s Two Books” column, I reflected on some highlights from the unprecedented dialogue that unfolded over eight years between the retired Pope Benedict XVI and atheist mathematician Piergiorgio Odifreddi. I spent […]

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