Welcome to our first issue for 2022.
This January we present two articles about Pope
Francis’ journey to Greece and Cyprus in early
December by our Editor-in-chief Fr. Antonio Spadaro,
who accompanied the pontiff.
‘The Spirit of
Enlargement’ – Pope Francis in Cyprus and
Greeceis an account of the trip. While
speaking to the Church of Greece about the universal
Church, the pope re-launched an image of the Church
as patient, as a listener, as fraternal, as synodal,
as attentive to the challenges of the time. A Church
which is not triumphalist nor obsessed with numbers,
open to a laboratory of inculturation, and capable
of “thinking beyond.”
‘The Logic of the
Inexplicable’: Pope Francis in conversation with
the Jesuits of Greece continues our
highly popular series that follows the pope’s
meetings with his fellow Jesuits around the
world.The pontiff engages and responds
extemporaneously to questions from his brothers,
giving us a unique insight into his heart and
mind.
‘Born of a Woman,
Born under the Law’: Christmas according to
Saint Paulexplores the earliest
references to the birth of Jesus. Paul does not
speak of a nativity scene, a manger, or shepherds,
but announces the essential: the birth of the
Saviour in the flesh, for our salvation.
The eminent Protestant theologian Eberhard Jüngel
was famous for his ability to bring the basic ideas
of the sixteenth-century Reformation into the
contemporary world. On an ecumenical level, his
theological clarity and evangelical vigoromade a
lasting contribution to the Joint Declaration on the
Doctrine of Justification, signed on October 31,
1999.
The temptation to triumphalism – Christianity
without the cross – and its more insidious form,
spiritual worldliness – is difficult to discern. If
there is a theme in the magisterium of
Bergoglio-Francis that recurs with particular
frequency, it is precisely this, Diego Fares
explains in
Against Triumphalism and Spiritual
Worldliness.
The Book of Judith, rather than describing events,
aims to present a “theology of history.” In a single
episode it gives us the whole story of God’s people.
emblematically summarized as an apocalyptic
confrontation with the forces of evil.The victory of
Judith is the messianic proclamation of Israel
triumphing over the demonic power of
evil.
Also in this issue
The Middle
East Between Pandemic and Oil Crisis,
Giovanni Sale
Éric Rohmer,
Reflections in Light of the ‘New Wave’ of
Romanian Cinema,
Piero Loredan
Christmas in
the Liturgy, Enrico Cattaneo
Piero Della
Francesca’s ‘Madonna Del Parto': A
masterpiece of disarming modernity
, Lucian Lechinthan
‘Serve,
Accompany, Defend’: 40 years of Centro
Astalli’s journey with refugees,
Federico Lombardi
‘Still Air’: a
film by Leonardo Di Costanzo,
Claudio Zonta
Euthanasia,
Another Wave Sweeping Across Europe,
Álvaro Lobo Arranz
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