Pope Francis, ten years of turmoil and dismay.
Today, the tenth anniversary of Francis’ pontificate creates considerable dismay. It is as if someone has intervened to jumble all the cards on the table, leaving everyone speechless both for…
On the two meanings, natural and supernatural of the term Salus
[This is the EDITORIAL Archbishop Giampaolo Crepaldi wrote for the current issue of the “Bulletin of the Social Doctrine of the Church” dedicated to: HEALING HEALTH CARE. PARTING FROM THE…
Benedict’s ascent to heaven leaves the earth more in the dark
Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican. Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI ascent to Heaven leaves the earth more in the dark.…
Merry Christmas! In the words of St. John
Dear Friends, the Prologue of the Gospel according to John is perhaps the loftiest theological text in the entire New Testament. It is no coincidence that until the liturgical reform…
Literary Intuitions about Social Doctrine. Editorial by Msgr. Giampaolo Crepaldi
[Editorial to the current issue of our “Bulletin of the Social doctrine of the Church” – SEE HERE] Editorial A curious interdisciplinarity: literature and the Social Doctrine of the Church…
Defense of Private Property and the Social Doctrine of the Church. Lectio Magistralis
Lectio Magistralis Defense of private property and the social doctrine of the church IV National Day of the Social Doctrine of the Church October 1, 2022 Most Rev. Giampaolo Crepaldi[1]…
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…