Contributors

Michael E. DeSanctis, Ph.D., is retired professor of fine arts and theology at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Building from Belief: Advance, Retreat and Compromise in the Remaking of Catholic Church Architecture   (Liturgical Press, 2002) and Renewing the City of God: Catholic Architectural Reform in the United States (Liturgy Training Publications, 1994). He also has an article soon to appear in the October 2022 issue of Worship journal entitled, "An Architecture of Pardon and Consolation," which examines new and reconfigured place of Catholic worship that embody the theology underlying Pope Francis's 2016 "Year of Mercy."

Michael Lofton is a graduate of Christendom College Graduate School of Theology where he received his Master of Arts in Theological Studies (Cum Laude) in 2018. He is currently working on a doctorate in Theology with Pontifex University and is writing a dissertation on the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. Michael is the founder of theReason & Theologyshow, where he has interviewed many of the leading figures in contemporary theology. He has worked with Catholic Answers as an affiliate apologist and also appeared on EWTN, SiriusXM Radio, Radio Maria. He has also contributed frequently to various newspapers and websites.

Michael Patrick Barber is Professor of Scripture and Theology at the Augustine Institute Graduate School (Florissant, MO). He is the author of numerous scholarly publications as well as public-facing books, including The Historical Jesus: Memory, Methodology, and the Gospel of Matthew (Cambridge University Press, 2023) and The Bible and the Anointing of the Sick,Catholic Biblical Theology of the Sacraments Series (Baker Academic, forthcoming 2025). He lives in the St. Louis area with his wife Kimberly and their six children.