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Word and Political Community. Essay on Vocation and Expectation.

Stefano Fontana (Edizioni Cantagalli Siena 2010)

Serie: Journal of the Observatory/11

                Stefano Fontana Word and Political Community Essay on Vocation and Expectation Cantagalli, Siena 2010   ABSTRACT   In his Introduction the author says: “The most worrisome phenomenon a...


FIRST REPORT ON THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE FO THE CHURCH.

(Edizioni Cantagalli Siena 2009)

Serie:

                  OUR OBSERVATORY AND THE FIRST WORLD REPORT   ON THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH       A great editorial event. Now available in Italian bookstores is the FIRST REPORT ON THE SOCIAL...


"CARITAS IN VERITATE” . Introduction of Giampaolo Crepaldi.

BENEDETTO XVI (Edizioni Cantagalli Siena 2009)

Serie: Journal of the Observatory/10

/p>             Con la Lettera Enciclica " CARITAS IN VERITATE ", introdotta da Mons. Giampaolo Crepaldi , ci troviamo di fronte ad un punto di elevatissima sintesi del pensiero del Santo Padre. I ter...


"CARDINAL VAN THUÂN. THE POWER OF HOPE"

Annachiara Valle (Edizioni Cantagalli Siena 2009)

Serie: Journal of the Observatory/09

            VAN THUÂN, VITA DA BEATO.       Se c'č una persona che nel secolo scorso ha dato una dimostrazione di quello che puň essere la speranza, anche in condizioni che non sembrano lasciare molto...


"Dio o gli dei. Dottrina sociale della Chiesa: percorsi"

Giampaolo Crepaldi (Edizioni Cantagalli Siena 2009)

Serie: Journal of the Observatory/08

        This book by Rt. Rev. Giampaolo Crepaldi is an important book in terms of contents and especially method.   I am by no means reluctant to say it inaugurates a new pathway. I have always though...


THE PROPHECY OF PAUL VI. THE ENCYCLICAL LETTER HUMANAE VITAE (1968).

Michel Schooyans (Edizioni Cantagalli Siena 2008)

Serie: Journal of the Observatory/07

> Forty years have passed since its promulgation and the Encyclical Letter Humanae Vitae continues to trigger deep felt reactions. At the end of a series of endless consultations and insistent pressur...


ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY AND HUMAN ECOLOGY.

Giampaolo Crepaldi - Paolo Togni (Edizioni Cantagalli Siena 2007)

Serie: Journal of the Observatory/06

Perhaps the main shortcoming of many pro-environment attitudes, albeit subjectively generous but weak in cultural terms, is the desire to save nature by concentrating on nature itself. In his consider...


Populorum Progressio between memories and hopes.

Paul Poupard (Edizioni Cantagalli Siena 2007)

Serie: Journals of the Observatory/05

  A new title in the Series of our Observatory by Editore Cantagalli of Siena (Italy): Cardinal Poupard wrote an intense book, full of memories and personal recollections, on Paul VI’s Populorum Progr...


GOD’TRUTH AND MAN’S TRUTH. BENEDICT XVI AND THE GREAT QUESTIONS OF OUR TIME.

Camillo Ruini (Edizioni Cantagalli Siena 2007)

Serie: Journals of the Observatory/04

“I hope that those who will read me will be encouraged to personally approach the thought of Benedict XVI and that it will help them navigate the apparent labyrinth of our times”: it is Cardinal Ruini...


FOR A POLITICS OF DUTIES AFTER THE FAILURE OF THE SEASON OF RIGHTS.

Stefano Fontana (Edizioni Cantagalli Siena 2006)

Serie: Journals of the Observatory / 03

SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">     In the season of rights of modernity, there is a perverse dynamic that condemns man to the production of himself and prevents him...



SDC News

09-03-2010

The war on baby girls. It´s a Gendercide.

The war on baby girls. It´s a Gendercide.

08-03-2010

STUDI CATTOLICI´s interview to Archbisop Giampaolo Crepaldi on the book "First Report on the Social Doctrine of the Chunch in the World"

STUDI CATTOLICI´s interview to Archbisop Giampaolo Crepaldi on the book "First Report on the Social Doctrine of the Chunch in the World"

04-03-2010

IS CHRISTIANITY ONLY USEFUL FOR KNOWLEDGE OR INDISPENSABLE? ONCE AGAIN ON KNOWLEDGE TAUGHT AT THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.

IS CHRISTIANITY ONLY USEFUL FOR KNOWLEDGE OR INDISPENSABLE? ONCE AGAIN ON KNOWLEDGE TAUGHT AT THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.

01-03-2010

interview to Stefano Fontana, Director of the Observatory, and author of the eleventh volume of the series “Journals of the Observatory”.

interview to Stefano Fontana, Director of the Observatory, and author of the eleventh volume of the series “Journals of the Observatory”.

18-02-2010

"CARITAS IN VERITATE" AND UNIVERSITIES: CONFERENCE DELIVERED BY ARCHBISHOP CREPALDI AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PADUA.

"CARITAS IN VERITATE" AND UNIVERSITIES: CONFERENCE DELIVERED BY ARCHBISHOP CREPALDI AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PADUA.

15-02-2010

INTERVIEW WITH MOST. REV. GIAMPAOLO CREPALDI ON THE SUBJECT OF THE PRESENCE OF CATHOLICS IN POLITICS.

INTERVIEW WITH MOST. REV. GIAMPAOLO CREPALDI ON THE SUBJECT OF THE PRESENCE OF CATHOLICS IN POLITICS.

09-02-2010

THE DAY FOR LIFE: TOO LACONIC, TOO GENERIC.

THE DAY FOR LIFE: TOO LACONIC, TOO GENERIC.

04-02-2010

TOO OLD, NOT TOO MANY. PROMISING SIGNS OF RETHINKING DEMOGRAPHY AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE REASONS OF “CARITAS IN VERITATE”.

TOO OLD, NOT TOO MANY. PROMISING SIGNS OF RETHINKING  DEMOGRAPHY AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE REASONS OF “CARITAS IN VERITATE”.

01-02-2010

THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY IN MILAN HAS PUBLISHED THE “HUMAN RIGHTS LEXICON”, BUT THE RIGHT TO LIFE IS ABSENT. WHY?

THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY IN MILAN HAS PUBLISHED THE “HUMAN RIGHTS LEXICON”, BUT THE RIGHT TO LIFE IS ABSENT. WHY?

01-02-2010

WHERE GOD WEEPS: A NEW WEBSITE ON PERSECUTE CHRISTIANS ACROSS THE WORLD

WHERE GOD WEEPS: A NEW WEBSITE ON PERSECUTE CHRISTIANS  ACROSS THE WORLD

28-01-2010

European Assembly Delays "Gay Rights" Vote. Expert Notes Resolution Threatens Fundamental Freedoms.

25-01-2009

FLAMINIA GIOVANELLI, NEW UNDERSECRETARY OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE. CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES FROM OUR OBSERVATORY

22-01-2010

Flaminia Giovanelli is the first female under secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Flaminia Giovanelli is  the first female under secretary  of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

14-01-2010

THE “COURTYARD OF THE GENTILES” AND THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH.

THE “COURTYARD OF THE GENTILES” AND THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH.

07-01-2010

CLIMATE: IS THE DEBATE COOLING DOWN? AN ARTICLE IN “LIBERTÉ POLITIQUE” GOING AGAINST THE TIDE.

CLIMATE: IS THE DEBATE COOLING DOWN? AN ARTICLE IN “LIBERTÉ POLITIQUE”  GOING AGAINST THE TIDE.

Book Review

2010-02-19

Osservatorio Internazionale "Cardinale Van Thuân"

FIRST REPORT ON THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD.

2009-12-03

R. STARK

One true God: historical consequences of monotheism.

2009-11-18

Benedetto XVI

"CARITAS IN VERITATE” . Introduction of Giampaolo Crepaldi.

2009-10-19

Harry Wu

The Slaughter of the Innocents. The One Child Alone Policy in China.

2009-09-09

Prospects for Integral Disarmament. Acts of the Seminar on Disarmament, Development and Peace

2009-07-06

J. Ratzinger-Benedetto XVI

In praise of conscience. The truth questions the heart.

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