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Pope Francis, the reform of charity

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 11 agosto 2014 · 3 Comments · In Vatican

The guidelines for the management of the religious institutes have been outlined in a circular letter signed Aug. 2 by Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. The letter did not grab media headlines, since the focus was rightly on [...]

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Blessed are the peacemakers. May they be prophets of a new social evangelization

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 17 dicembre 2012 · 2 Comments · In Holy See

The food crisis, «which is more grave than the financial crisis». The promotion of human life, because «those who insufficiently value human life perhaps do not realize that in this way they are proposing the pursuit of a false peace». And then, the affirmation of social rights, beginning with the right to work; [...]

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A visible, yet hidden, Church

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 3 dicembre 2012 · 1 Comment · In Culture

When John Finnis decided to dedicate to Thomas Aquinas the first of the Oxford University Press book series about the founders of modern thought, it was sort of a revolution. Modern thought has been – since the French Revolution – attributed to the Enlightenment. It begins – according to history of philosophy books [...]

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The Social Doctrine of the Church, the path to peace – Chronicles from the Studium Aquinatis, part II

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 13 agosto 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Holy See

The Social Doctrine must be read and lived every day. Its key points come directly from the Gospel – the first and only source of inspiration of the Social Doctrine – and from there get to the key-words: person, subsidiarity, justice and peace, integral human development. These are the key words of the [...]

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Holy See promotes a reform of the United Nations. And invites Ban Ki Moon to discuss about it in Rome

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 12 marzo 2012 · 3 Comments · In Holy See

Next year, an important anniversary will be celebrated in the Vatican: it will be the 50th anniversary of the promulgation of the encyclical Pacem in terris, by John XXIII. And the Vatican decided to celebrate the anniversary his way: inviting the General Secretary of the United Nations Ban Ki Moon in Rome, [...]

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The bonfire of vanities. A curial story.

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 14 novembre 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Holy See

The last document released by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace was delivered to the participants to G20. Some of the proposal contained in the document were also part of the agenda of the summit. For example the tax on financial transactions, called a “Tobin tax” after the name of its [...]

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