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Today we are going through a new phase of alliance between the capitalist spirit and the warlike and illiberal spirit, which is leaving the democracies of the 20th century behind in favor of...
When the good spirit of giving infects the gift
by Luigino Bruni
published in L'Osservatore Romano on January 5, 2026
Carlo Levi, in his Christ Stopped at Eboli (1945), recounting Christmas Eve...
Editorials - Christianity is the humanism of waiting, waiting for the unknown, for the One who promised he would return. We cannot afford to live in the memory of “better times.”
by Luigino...
Scholar Joan Taylor takes a historical approach to investigating what we know about Christ's early years and the context in which he lived.
by Luigino Bruni
published in Agorà di Avvenire on...
Agorà - Between the 13th and 15th centuries, economics became a topic of theological debate and reached a wide audience: Luca Ughetti's essay Predicare l'economia (Preaching Economics), Carocci,...
The long season of the church as imago imperi and all the trappings of worship, liturgy, power, canon law... is now over in Europe. What if this return to a pre-Christian time that celebrates the...
The Church is losing touch with the younger generations. To reconnect with young people, we need new narrative codes that proclaim the Gospel alongside scientific discoveries, the environment, the...
Editorials - New cults and civil resistance
by Luigino Bruni
published in Avvenire on 11/28/2025
This year we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Pierpaolo Pasolini's death. Looking at the...
Editorials - Looking at the world from under the table
by Luigino Bruni
published in Avvenire on 11/16/2025
World Day of the Poor, established in 2017 by Pope Francis, does not coincide with the...
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- Not just Eros: love is responsible freedom
- The passions and the interests
- Young people, paradise for the elderly
- Blessed are the poor, not the misery
- Let's teach children the logic of giving: Pinocchio is not the model to follow
- Rediscovering Mary as the mother of Jesus
- The fraternity of work
- Women know it first
- Eugenio Borgna on the trail of joy: it is fleeting, but must be cherished
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The Economy of Giving
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«Unlike the consumerist economy, based on a culture of having, the economy of communion is the economy of giving....
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