Various editorials

Uncertain times - How necessary is it today to develop a new spiritual grammar, in dialogue with modernity, without fear? by Luigino Bruni published in Città Nuova on May 15, 2025 - From the...

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A gift is something given freely, it is a relational good, that is, an act that is not owed, where the main good is not the object given but the relationship between the giver and the receiver. by...

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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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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...

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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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