Scienza & Vita, Firenze, 26 March 2018 The XI Report of the Observatory Cardinal Van Thuân Our Report on Europe[1] voices a rather severe judgment regarding the process of unification and the current approach adopted by the European Union, and this unto the point of considering it a failure with respect to some of its features, as the title […]
Statements by Stefano Fontana
Multicultural society and common good; whether Catholic immigrationism undermines
For some time we have been seeing evident adhesion on the part of both the ecclesial hierarchy and a large part of the Catholic world to the idea of fostering a rather broad and generalized reception of immigrants with practically no filters at all. It must be noted, however, that this new attitude is distinct with respect to what has […]
Introductory Abstract. EUROPE, THE END OF ILLUSIONS.
The project for both the economic and political unification of Europe has reached a final stage, at least as far as it has been conceived and implemented so far. Except for those driven by duty or political/institutional interest and still place their bets on “this European Union”, the sense of malaise and discontent as to how things are going is […]
Compulsory evil. New totalitarianism and distracted catholics.
The entry into force of a law in France that will penalize anyone who seeks via Internet to dissuade women from abortion is a new sign that the threshold of totalitarianism has been crossed. This threshold is crossed when national legislation not only permits evil, but also makes it compulsory and considers doing good to be a crime; when national […]
Matrimony, Eucharist And the social Doctrine of the Church
There is a very close bond between the sacraments of Matrimony and the Eucharist on one hand, and the Social Doctrine of the Church on the other. This may seem a strange relationship when considering that the first ambit has to do with the sacramental life in the Church, while the second has to do with commitment in society and […]
The dictatorship of groundless ethics
Here is the text of the speech delivered by Stefano Fontana in Trieste on Friday, 11 November 2016, to the participants at the course organized by the Medical Association on the theme: “Ethics: evolution and repercussions on the work of physicians” ***** Ethics is the study of our deeds from the viewpoint of good and evil. It has to […]
Neusner and that Jesus, who was too much for a Hebrew
www.lanuovabq.it Rabbi Jakob Neusner, the author of “A Rabbi Speaks with Jesus”, and friend of Joseph Ratzinger, has passed away. Benedict XVI cited him extensively in his first volume of “Jesus of Nazareth”, doing so with those lofty flights of thought of his to which we were accustomed. Still fresh in our memory is their remote dialogue because it […]
Wars of religion. Wars against religion. Introductory Abstract.
VII Report on the Social Doctrine of the Church in the World of the Observatory Cardinal Van Thuân Introductory Abstract WARS OF RELIGION, WAR AGAINST RELIGION Stefano Fontana[1] The readers who take a close look at all the factual news in appendix to this Report will be awestruck by the immense number of acts of violence and persecution perpetrated […]
The secularization of the Social Doctrine of the Church and the personalism of Maritain
On several occasions our Observatory has dealt with the theme of secularization, which has also assailed the Social Doctrine of the Church[1]. An interesting pathway for exploring this in depth would be to ask ourselves if Catholic personalism[2] may have represented a stage in this process. Applied to secularization must be the criterion suggested by Benedict XVI with respect to […]
Thats enough with the inductive method. In documents lets give God His place.
I wouldn’t want the Synod on the family to pass by without some serious thought being given to the method of its documents, and the Relatio finalis in particular. I’m therefore referring not to the method of the actual proceedings, but the method used in drafting documents. The Final Report begins with a part dedicated to “The Church listening to […]
The XI Report of the Observatory Cardinal Van Thuân dedicated to “Peoples, Nations, Homelands”.