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Economics and Charisms/5 - Amid rules and daily practices, there is a risk of losing the seed received at the beginning of one’s vocational journey. The challenge for communities is to move...

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Economics and Charisms/4 - In consecrated life, the need to be seen and valued is not a weakness, but a human and spiritual dimension. Without genuine reciprocity, even the most generous vocations...

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Economics and Charisms/3 - In communities of consecrated persons, one danger to avoid is that there are people who “stay” simply because they lack the means to start a new life. Here are some...

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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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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...

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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  Magnifica...

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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 published in...

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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...

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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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