MSA

It is important to occasionally practice empathy with strangers who rush past us on the streets of our lives. It helps us reconcile ourselves with life and work, and develop a sense of...

Read more ...

Every religious experience has a consumer dimension. People do not go to church, and did not go in past centuries, solely to fulfill a moral obligation, out of fear of hell, or to avoid...

Read more ...

The civil talent or the ‘spirit’ of a country, its governing bodies and people lies in knowing how to create true civil pride and hope starting from real signs that are present in the past. by...

Read more ...

The nativity scene is a symbol of children, family, relationships, work, poverty and communion, which were also the signs of the Christian Christmas. These values are opposites to those of the new...

Read more ...

The more the fashion of leadership grows, the more our democracy weakens into a leader-cracy. Perhaps, then, we should all care about it more. by Luigino Bruni published in Messaggero di...

Read more ...

In Luke's parable of the Prodigal Son, there is no mention of the mother. And so any female perspective is absent from the story. Had there been a mother in it, the story would certainly have been...

Read more ...

There are types of happiness that can be bought – the joy of living cannot, it is pure gratuitousness, and it is the most beautiful one. It comes often, almost every day. We are the ones who have to...

Read more ...

Let us think, from time to time, about happiness, but above all let us think about the truth, goodness and righteousness of life, of our own and that of others. by Luigino Bruni published...

Read more ...

If we want to bring the modern spirit closer to Jesus' message of life, we need to purify theological language, starting with the economic and commercial language. by Luigino Bruni published in...

Read more ...

Popular piety was an immense collective exercise in subversion, especially of women. It was, in its own way, a wonderful hymn to life, the popular response to theological misconceptions. by Luigino...

Read more ...