The number of people fleeing war, persecution and conflict exceeded 70 million in 2018. This is the highest level that UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has seen in its almost 70 years. Data from UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report, released today, shows that almost 70.8 million people are now forcibly displaced. To put this in perspective, this is double the […]
Congregation for Catholic Education. “Male and female He created them”.
CONGREGATION FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATION(for Educational Institutions) “MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM ” TOWARDS A PATH OF DIALOGUE ON THE QUESTION OF GENDER THEORY IN EDUCATION View the Document
Statement of Most Rev. Giampaolo Crepaldi following the death of Noa Pothoven
The tragic conclusion of the earthly life of Noa Pothoven, a young Dutch girl, is the undoubtable sign of the no-holds-barred advance of the culture of death in our societies, a culture expanding on the basis of the dogma of psychological self-determination which is the absolute doctrinal principle of the new religion of despair. Society and the state induce persons […]
ISLAM UN PROBLEMA POLITICO. Anno XV (2019), numero 2, APRILE – GIUGNO
TABLE OF CONTENTS Bulletin of the Social Doctrine of the Church – 2 / 2019 Anno XV (2019), numero 2, APRILE – GIUGNO Editoriale, pag 39 S.E. Mons. Giampaolo Crepaldi, L’ISLAM POLITICO E IL NUOVO COMPITO DELLA DOTTRINA SOCIALE DELLA CHIESA Focus 1, pag 41 Marie- Tèrèse Urvoy, SULL’ISLAM POLITICO Zoom 1, pag 51 Card. Van Thuân Observatory, L’ISLAM […]
The new social ministry as an intermediation agency
This blog has already commented on the current recasting of the social ministry of the Church in Italy (pastorale sociale della Chiesa italiana). This second commentary on the same issue is driven by Fr. Francesco Occhetta’s article in the latest issue of La Civiltà Cattolica (“Pastorale sociale della Chiesa e conflitti”). The new pathway of the social ministry depicted in this […]
The new social ministry as an intermediation agency.
This blog has already commented on the current recasting of the social ministry of the Church in Italy (pastorale sociale della Chiesa italiana). This second commentary on the same issue is driven by Fr. Francesco Occhetta’s article in the latest issue of La Civiltà Cattolica (“Pastorale sociale della Chiesa e conflitti”). The new pathway of the social ministry depicted in this […]
Power, authority, sovereignty royalty: let’s be clear about what these concepts mean.
Four are the concepts of the Social Doctrine of the Church now frequently being used once again, also in light of the disputes over sovereignism and globalism. The four words in question are power, authority, sovereignty and royalty. It may be useful to take another close look at them in order to see if they can be of help at […]
Power, authority, sovereignty royalty: let’s be clear about what these concepts mean.
Four are the concepts of the Social Doctrine of the Church now frequently being used once again, also in light of the disputes over sovereignism and globalism. The four words in question are power, authority, sovereignty and royalty. It may be useful to take another close look at them in order to see if they can be of help at […]
Freedom of religion: A secularized vision of religion in the CTI’s document.
The Internaational Theological Commission recently issued a document entitled La libertà religiosa per il bene di tutti. Approccio teologico alle sfide contemporanee (ndt: Freedom of Religion for the good of all. A theological approach to contemporary challenges). Our Observatory has already addressed this document in Stefano Fontana’s article entitled Libertà religiosa: il documento della CTI non chiude il problema ( […]
The passage from the theology of What to the theology of How: the fate awaiting the common good
A conference was held on 9 May 2019 at Udine in the Main Hall of Palazzo Belgrado for the presentation of the book: “Le chiavi della questione sociale. Bene comune e sussidiarietà: storia di un equivoco”. Edited by Stefano Fontana for Edizioni Fede & Cultura (Verona 2019), this book contains articles and essays written by the editor himself, Danilo Castellano, […]
The X Report of the Observatory Cardinal Van Thuân dedicated to political Islam