James Likoudis (December 11, 1928 – September 3, 2024) was an American Catholic theologian, author and former lecturer in religious studies.
In 1977 Likoudis's translation of Renée Casin's St. Thomas Aquinas: Orthodoxy, and Neo-Modernism in the Church from French to English was published.
[5] He also authored several books dealing with sex education, the Eastern Orthodox Church and its teachings, liturgical issues and controversies following the Second Vatican Council, and articles and commentary about prominent Catholics.
While working with CUF, Likoudis led the charge to remove ecclesiastical approval from the theologically problematic "Christ Among Us" Catechism, a campaign that was eventually heard by the Vatican's CDF head, Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI), which took action to remove the Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat before eventually requesting that Paulist Press cease further production and sales of the book.
Similarly, Likoudis played a prominent role in bringing to the Vatican's awareness the theological Modernism being taught at Catholic University of America by Charles Curran.
Likoudis' book Ending the Byzantine Greek Schism aims to answer historical criticisms as well as theological objections raised by apologists for Orthodox Christianity.
The book ends with a pertinent section on Our Lady of Fátima's apparitions and messages and their relevance to the future for the Catholic Church in Russia.
Emmaus Road Publishing, 2006), a defense of Pope Paul VI's Ordo Missae and the liturgical reforms envisaged by Vatican II.
Likoudis lectured extensively on issues affecting education, family life, and the role of the laity in the Catholic Church.