Pope Francis at the ‘Supermarket of Religions’
In the past few days, even before the opening in the capital of Kazakhstan of the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, which ended on 15 September,…
Congress of World Religious Leaders: an atheistic project
Francis’ trip to Kazakhstan from 13 September, to 15 September has been widely covered by the media. The detailed programme circulated by the Holy See is public; it is known that…
Paglia case: how to destroy Catholic morality
If Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia was put there and is kept there, it is because there is a desire to transform the entire moral doctrine of the Church, and not only…
For the Church the daily news is the new Revelation
The German philosopher Hegel predicted that the morning prayer of modern man will be to read the newspaper. The daily news, current events, what history tells us will be the…
Abortion and the US Supreme Court: why the Constitution can’t be self sufficient
fter the US Supreme Court’s ruling, which declared the right to abortion unconstitutional, many have moved to make it constitutional, that is, to include that right in the Charter of…
Cancel Culture, the eternal Gnostic dream of starting over from scratch
Editorial to the issue n. 2/2022 of “Bollettino di Dottrina sociale della Chiesa” on the topic: “L’Evangelizzazione delle Americhe: contro la Cancel culture” (Read more) A nation without culture is…
On the Meaning of the West. Anglo-sphere, Russia, Christianity
With the Note dated April 20 [READ HERE], our Observatory offered its own contribution of clarification regarding the meaning of the ‘West’ and, in so doing, outlined the cultural framework…
The “systemic” war in Ukraine. Interview with Gianfranco Battisti
STEFANO FONTANA. The war in Ukraine is being read as if it fit under any one of many headings, including cultural and theological ones. With you, however, professor, we would…
On the meaning of the West. Taking a cue from the Ukrainian crisis
Note of the Observatory Card. Van Thuân In light of the war now underway in Ukraine, it is of great importance to clarify the notion of ‘the West’, because the…
The palliative Church
In a previous article I commented on the palliative society. Come to think of it, however, today we also have a palliative Church. This is worth reflecting on too. In…