Political Power and Spiritual Power
Authority comes from God The relationship between political power and spiritual power derives directly from the origin of political authority in its own right. The Church has always taught…
Islam: a political issue. Interview with Archbishop Giampaolo Crepaldi on the X Report on the SDC
Fresh off the Cantagalli presses is the tenth Report on the Social Doctrine of the Church in the World of the Observatory Cardinal Van Thuân. This year, as its…
The defense of human life. 51st Conference on International Issues
I plan to devote my presentation to reflection on the core nature of the theme of the defense of human life from conception to its natural end for the Social…
A look at political Islam. A review of Marie Thérès Urvoy, Islamologie et monde islamique
The Catholic world deals with the issue of Islam above all from the viewpoint of interreligious dialogue. The mounting presence of Muslims in countries of longstanding Christian tradition, however,…
No social action without doctrine It is not possible to “construct the new city on the clouds”
There is a tendency in politics to impose vision and views with strong and fiery declarations separated entirely from an underlying and weak theoretical system that comes across in words…
Note on the 50th anniversary of Paul VI’s Encyclical Letter. Humanae vitae and Social Doctrine of the Church: united by the same destiny
The Encyclical Letter VI Humanae vitae of Paul VI and the Social Doctrine of the Church met with the same opposition. We are talking about the end of the…
Humanae vitae, political aspects of the encyclical on conjugal love. Lecture by Stefano Fontana
Humanae vitae, political aspects of the encyclical on conjugal love Lecture by Stefano Fontana at the Faculty of Theology of Sardegna 20 April 2018 Read the full text in…
Multicultural society and common good; whether Catholic immigrationism undermines
For some time we have been seeing evident adhesion on the part of both the ecclesial hierarchy and a large part of the Catholic world to the idea of…
Presentation. Europe, where Democracy knows not how to master itself
Now approaching its first decade, this year’s Report of our Observatory is devoted to Europe. It may seem surprising to see a Report dedicated to all five continents focusing…
The European Union: an institutional structure/system that insists on ignoring the history of the western world
The IX Report on the Social Doctrine of the Church in the World has been published By now, people at large should have become aware of the artificial and…