Articles By: Alessandro Canelli
NYT – Can Liberal Christianity Be Saved?
Today, by contrast, the leaders of the Episcopal Church and similar bodies often don’t seem to be offering anything you can’t already get from a purely secular liberalism. Which suggests that per haps they should pause, amid their frantic renovations, and consider not just what they would change about historic Christianity, but what they would [...]
Bologna, Caffarra, Gualmini: ovvero la rossa emilia del buongoverno alla prova della sussidiarietà
Questo è un commento del neo-presidente dell’Istituto Cattaneo, Elisabetta Gualmini, all’omelia – molto politica nel senso nobile del termine – tenuta dal Card. Caffarra nel giorno del patrono di Bologna, San Petronio, santo che unisce in sè la figura del pastore a quella del ricostruttore della città. Qui il testo dell’omelia, qui sotto il commento [...]
L’eliminazione dell’imperfetto
L’Osservatore Romano – Se il mondo ha paura delle disabilità genetiche L’eliminazione dell’imperfetto Ce ne accorgiamo guardandoci in giro: non vediamo più bambini «imperfetti», cioè segnati da malattie genetiche. Ce nsurati dai media, tenuti dalle famiglie al riparo di una società che non li accetta nonostante tanti proclami, ma soprattutto abortiti. Si ricercano [...]
Churches can help Labour renewal | Austen Ivereigh | guardian.co.uk
Churches can help Labour renewal | Austen Ivereigh | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk. Must Labour do God to survive? Churches can help Labour renewal The single biggest obstacle in the way of Labour reconnecting with communities is its dogmatic, sneering secularism Although Alastair Campbell famously said otherwise, New Labour under Tony Blair [...]
USCCB – Human Costs and Moral Challenges of a Broken Economy
Labor-Day-2011.pdf (Oggetto application/pdf). Human Costs and Moral Challenges of a Broken Economy Bishop Stephen E. Blaire Bishop of Stockton Chairman, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development United States Conference of Catholic Bishops September 5, 2011
Ortega’s use of religious overtones raises criticism anew in Nicaraguan presidential campaign
By FILADELFO ALEMAN Associated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Religious processions and chants have become common at the re-election campaign rallies of leftist Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who is highlighting his Christianity in his bid for re-election. The image put forth by Ortega’s Sandinista Party has dismayed Roman Catholic Church officials, who say the leader’s [...]
Big Picture at World Youth Day: ‘It’s the Evangelicals, stupid!’
Big Picture at World Youth Day: ‘It’s the Evangelicals, stupid!’. John L. Allen jr I define Evangelical Catholicism in terms of three pillars: A strong defense of traditional Catholic identity, meaning attachment to classic markers of Catholic thought (doctrinal orthodoxy) and Catholic practice (liturgical tradition, devotional life, and authority). Robust public proclamation of Catholic teaching, [...]
L’Arcivescovo di New York e il futuro cattolico
L’Arcivescovo di New York e il futuro cattolico – Vatican Insider. Nel corso degli ultimi cinquant’anni, i giornalisti hanno interpretato il cattolicesimo in termini di lotta tra destra e sinistra. Dopo oltre trent’anni di elezioni di vescovi da parte di Papa Giovanni Paolo II e di Benedetto XVI, ad ogni modo, la contesa si è [...]
Ways out of the Christian ghetto
Ways out of the Christian ghetto. Message number one, explicit or implicit, when homo religiosus enters the public space, is that of human dignity and liberty, the most fundamental of which is religious liberty which includes freedom of religion but also, as a religious proposition too, freedom from religion – the right to say no [...]