Avvenire Editorials

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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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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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...

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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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Financial education: with young children, even for household chores, money should be used as a reward and not as an incentive by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on October 3, 2025 "The...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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. by...

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The use of consultants to reorganize religious life introduces criteria and models into communities that distance them from the primacy of charisma. With a dangerous metamorphosis. by Luigino...

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The spread of business consulting techniques in convents and monasteries is affecting religious life. But prophetic inspiration comes from extremes, not from the “middle ground” between...

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Novecento - Two volumes bring attention back to the modernist priest and allow for the relaunch of the appeal for the revision of the excommunication, starting from the reading of the dogma as...

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The relationship between private good and common good, the nature of business and capitalism: in choosing the name Leo, the Church recognizes the need to engage with major economic issues by...

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“They truly believe in good, they are pure,” while the powerful are too sure of themselves and “unconvertible.” Since then, thousands of people around the world have taken concrete action in the...

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