Andrea Regimenti

Convegno presidenze diocesane

“Un popolo per tutti. Riscoprirsi fratelli nella città”. Questo il titolo del convegno delle presidenze diocesane dell’Azione cattolica italiana (Ac), che si è svolto dal 3 al 5 maggio a Chianciano Terme (Si). Tre giorni per riflettere “sul tema della fraternità come categoria unificante, attraverso la quale l’Ac intende declinare il tema del popolo ‘civile’” […]

Fraternità

“Essere popolo per tutti vuol dire sapere che la nostra vocazione, che è anche la nostra identità, è quella di camminare insieme a chiunque”. Ne è convinto Matteo Truffelli, presidente nazionale dell’Azione cattolica (Ac), impegnato in questi giorni a Chianciano Terme nel convegno delle presidenze diocesane. Un’occasione per riflettere “sul tema della fraternità come categoria […]

APOSTOLIC VISITS

In Bulgaria the countdown for the visit of Pope Francis has begun. The Holy Father is scheduled to arrive in Sofia on May 5th. He will depart for Skopje (North Macedonia) on May 7. The motto chosen for the journey is “Pacem in terris”, from the homonymous encyclical of Pope John XXIII, who served as […]

Ambiente

“Il futuro è la sola cosa di cui abbiamo bisogno”. È l’appello lanciato oggi da Piazza del Popolo a Roma da Greta Thunberg, la sedicenne attivista svedese per lo sviluppo sostenibile e contro il cambiamento climatico, che in visita in questi giorni in Italia ha partecipato al “Friday for future”, i venerdì di sciopero per […]

NOTE

The fact that the fire of Notre Dame dramatically marks the centenary of the publication of a collection of essays by French book publisher Gaston Gallimard titled by its author Marcel Proust “En mémoire des églises assassinées”, along the same lines as a funeral eulogy, comes as a shock. The French writer shed bitter tears […]

NOTE

The question of sexual abuse inside the Church is a complex issue in terms of its root causes and consequences, responsibilities and solutions. Thus it is perfectly natural to explain it in different ways, provided that it is ultimately countered together. That is the interpretative key of the Pope Emeritus’ statement on sexual scandals – […]

ANNIVERSARY

Father Primo Mazzolari died on April 12 1959. A few weeks earlier John XXIII received him in the Vatican with an embrace, defining him the “trumpet of the Holy Spirit in the plain of the River Po.” The Pope’s gesture was seen as a liberation -albeit at the eleventh hour. In fact, from 1935 to […]

AHEAD OF THE ELECTIONS

Little or nothing will be left of the politics, the economy and the society of a EU Member Country that is not knowledgeable of Community institutions and the ways in which they function: the claim was made by three youths of the Erasmus program from Italy, Poland and Germany during a forum on “Social Briefings”, […]

CAMPAIGN AHEAD OF THE VOTE

The family has been forgotten for many years and the demographic crisis is an evident  “sign” of this, marked by “Europe’s aging population and declining birth rates”, to the point that all European countries have a negative population growth. “Declining birth rates are the result of lack of hope in the future.” In the light […]

MIGRANT RECEPTION

Today, as in the past, migrations represent one of the peculiar aspects characterising the complex European landscape.  Migration constitutes an element that defines Europe’s historical, cultural and political identity. In spite of those who imagine a Europe closed in within its borders, shrouded by the idea of being contaminated by new incomers, our historical past […]