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Jacques Delors: Subsidiarity and European Leadership

Jacques Delors (1925-2023) can be considered the architect of today’s Europe. Some considerations reflect well what Catholicism means for political…

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‘The Church is More Than it Seems’

Born in Rome in 1955, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Palestrina in 1981, and…

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‘The Church is Reawakened in Souls’

In 1982 the British rock group The Clash released its hit song, “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” The…

4 months ago

The Discernment of Spirits I: Desolation

The discernment of spirits is part of the dynamics of the Spiritual Exercises (SE) and attests to their “combative” character.…

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Education is Liberating or it is not Educational

“Education” and “educational action” are two related terms. For many people they are probably even synonymous, but they are not.…

5 months ago

Dogmatic Developments in Interreligious Dialogue

From the Council to postmodern globalization The declaration Nostra Aetate (1965) placed dialogue at the center of the Catholic Church’s…

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The Parable of the Good Samaritan

A text for everyone The parable of the Good Samaritan (cf. Luke 10:25-37) could be called a story of one…

6 months ago

Synod 2021-24: Advancing Vatican II

In a famous speech delivered on December 4, 1962, Cardinal Léon-Joseph Suenens asked, “How do you see yourself?” He was…

7 months ago

‘This is the way that God created this planet’

The weekend of September 29-October 2 was a celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, or…

7 months ago

‘Inhabiting the Earthly Home and Embracing Heaven’

On Thursday, August 31, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. Pope Francis with his retinue and accredited journalists took off from Fiumicino…

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