Editorial Bishops and Theologians: Tensions Old and New Part One: Contexts Magisterium and Theology in Africa ELOI MESSI METOGO The Magisterium and Asian Theologians GEORG EVERS Church, Theology and Magisterium in Latin America AGENOR BRIGHENTI Magisterium and Theology: Principles and Facts ANDRES TORRES QUEIRUGA Theologians and Bishops: Good Procedures Promote Collaboration JAMES A. CORIDEN Teaching as Learning: An Asian View PETER C. PHAN Part Two: Theological Forum Introduction: Silence in the Church Relations between Truth, Authority, Power and Sacredness in the Church LUIZ CARLOS SUSIN Terrifying Internal Problems. What Theology has to Say about Lies SOLANGE LEFEBVRE The Silence of the Church in Croatia FRANO PRCELA OP 'Many sources are still inaccessible' HUBERT WOLF, NORBERT RECK A Tribute to Paul Burns