Economy 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...
Various editorials
Major crises, along with disorientation and pain, also bring us a different and better perspective that allows us to see reality more clearly.
by Luigino Bruni
published in the Messaggero di...
Economics and Charisms/1 - Today marks the start of a new series on the economic-theological dimensions of religious communities, particularly monastic ones. A journey to discover the value of money...
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
Magnifica...
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
published in...
A new Middle Ages is approaching, one in which the aristocracy will consist of sterile individuals who will greatly complicate the lives of those who wish to live as citizens committed to...
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...
Thanks to the many women who, every day, keep communities, families, and businesses going, simply by knowing how to “hold on” when everything around them is shaking and falling apart.
by Luigino...
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...
- A God... who withdraws
- Spiritual capital
- A present is not a gift
- The worm of capitalism
- Freedom in the gratuitousness of those three wise men who came from the East
- The duty to immerse ourselves in our time
- What history tells us about Jesus' childhood
- Mendicant friars, the first teachers of economics
- This Christmas between absence and new longing
- Where have all the young people gone?
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