Chiara Biagioni

Terrorism

Tomorrow, Friday March 25, Belgian mosques will be celebrating a “National Day Against Terrorism”, promoted by the Council of Theologians gathered the evening of March 23rd in Brussels to decide concrete actions to be undertaken on the wake of the March 22 attacks. The Council of Theologians invites all imams in Belgium to “firmly” condemn […]

Ten thousand Holy doors

It’s one of those news items we seldom read in the papers: ten thousand Holy Doors have been opened in this Year of Mercy. Over two million eight hundred thousand people have passed through the Doors in the first 100 days of the Jubilee. It should be said that it would be impossible to make […]

Referendum in Great Britain

On the night of February 19 the Heads of government and State of the European Union have adopted an agreement that redefines the United kingdom’s adhesion to the EU. The next day, British PM David Cameron called a government meeting and announced that the referendum will be held June 23rd. What is the bearing of […]

Migration and political agreements

Some consider it a ‘blank cheque’. Others describe it as a “do ut des”, as a negative compromise, as a “successful blackmail.” The conclusions of the summit between the EU and Turkey on 7 March continue to raise criticisms, objections and distinctions. The Heads of State or government of EU28 gathered in Brussels, have welcomed, […]

A gaze on the Pontificate

“The spirit of forgiveness” can be a fertile ground for the fruitful “contamination” between the Catholic and secular realms, as “authentic forgiveness encompasses the qualifying dimension of othernness, which doesn’t exclude a disenchanted understanding of the conflicting aspects.” Philosopher Giacomo Marramao, Professor of Theoretical philosophy and Political philosophy at Roma Tre University, drew an outline […]

Parliamentary elections

“A new dawn of authentic values”, these words, that describe the months ahead of the national elections in Slovakia, due to be held on March 5, bode well. In particular, they refer to a movement of new political candidates from various areas of society, especially those of Christian inspiration. Many of them are young people. […]

Questions & Answers

Almost two-and-a-half million pilgrims have taken part in Rome’s Jubilee to date. Upcoming events include the program “24 hours for the Lord” (“24 ore per il Signore”, March 4-5). The initiative is part of the major events that will be personally attended by Pope Francis, whose intention is to give special relevance to mercy and […]

Persecuted Christians

“They will perish together or they will survive together. The presence of Christians in the Middle East will continue being fundamental only if they manage to be living stones, witnesses of the Gospel in deeds and words. Christians’ survival in the Middle East can only be achieved if the churches remain united and if they […]

Debate on end-of-life

Some events that have occurred in Holland over the past weeks appeared to confirm the stereotype whereby in The Netherlands there is a great yearning to die, or to put to death, very old people or those seriously ill. Indeed, according to figures released by the Association of Dutch Doctors (Knmg), 5,300 assisted suicides were […]

A Europe of new walls

Given the current developments, it is likely that all those who over the past decades had supported the European unification process, persuaded by its fundamental goodness in the hope of its expansion as part of the Continent’s federal and democratic framework, will be profoundly disappointed. Probably these same people had also sought, in one way […]