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Religious communities: not lawless areas, but spaces of freedom. The Church’s autonomy in four paragraphs.

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 21 gennaio 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Holy See

In four points, the Holy See has presented «the Catholic Church’s freedom and institutional autonomy» to the European Court of Human Rights. Four paragraphs to underline that «the Church is in no way to be confused with the political community and is not bound to any political system»; that «the distinction between [...]

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World diplomacy. Benedict XVI’s effort

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 16 gennaio 2012 · Leave a Comment · In diplomacy

To get back to the solidity of International law, to abandon – or at least take it in less consideration – the fickleness of diplomacy. If there is a plan, this is the one of Benedict XVI. Since the beginning of his papacy, he gave his personal impact to the Vatican diplomacy. [...]

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Crucifix, was it defended properly?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 21 marzo 2011 · 1 Comment · In Holy See

The crucifix exposed in Italian classrooms cannot be considered an «indoctrination». Furthermore, «a crucifix on a wall is an essentially passive symbol and this point is of importance in the Court’s view». Since every country can decide by itself  «whether crucifixes should be present in State-school classrooms is, in principle, a matter falling within [...]

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