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Economics and Charisms/2 - What happens when communities and movements grow in wealth and property? There is a risk that the means will become the end. And the humility that is the foundation of...
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Editorial - From Leo XIV, an encyclical born of hope. In the “praise of limits,” an invitation to cherish their magnificence
by Luigino Bruni
published in Avvenire on May 26, 2026
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An essay on 17th-century nuns reignites the debate on how the present interprets the spirituality of the past, navigating sarcasm, memory, and the risk of anachronism
by Luigino Bruni
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Editorial - From the Bible to the Church Fathers, ancient texts are being taken out of context to attack the current teaching of the Church: an interpretation that ignores the evolution of doctrine...
The reflections of the French Dominican Louis-Joseph Lebret, an expert at the Council and an authority on the Global South, marked a turning point regarding the economy, the common good, and...
Editorial - Even though he may not have been a disciple of Jesus, he put into practice the most important instrument of the Christian faith: his feet.
by Luigino Bruni
published in Avvenire on...
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,...
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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...
Agorà - Pietro Del Soldà warns against fusion and identity obsession in his latest essay, pathologies that threaten democracy
by Luigino Bruni
published in Avvenire on...
Editorials - Pope Leo XIV's “Dilexi te” speaks above all of bad poverty, that is, misery and deprivation, but does not forget the beautiful poverty of the Gospel
by Luigino Bruni
published in...
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Religion - The meditations in Welte's book explore the titles and symbols associated with the Virgin Mary in Christian tradition Thinking, building, and guiding the lives of the faithful through her...
Editorial - The daily antidote to war
by Luigino Bruni
published in Avvenire on 09/25/2025
A few days ago, a friend of mine had difficulty paying a fine online. She turned to a traffic...
The posthumous essay - The great psychiatrist offers texts taken from the classics on a reality that, unlike happiness, the market cannot sell us. Because it is consumed as it is generated
by...
Spirituality - A new series of publications offers the Italian text without notes. This approach aims to encourage “immediate” reading, in an embrace that leaves out the noise of social media.
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