News - 2007

Photo by ESA/Hubble

When Nature Responds to Our Questions

CultureMario Gargantini

From a Nobel Laureate stirred by the exhibitions to mathematicians passionate about the “force of evidence,” here are the scientists who participated in the Meeting.

The United States Supreme Court. Top row (left to right): Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito.

And the Judge Was Deeply Moved

Current EventsL. Bardazzi and F. Tanzilli

Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., one of America’s powerful, at the Meeting, taking time to enjoy everything, from the myriad acquaintances to the final adventure of Neapolitan dining.

Teacher with her Students. Flickr

Why It's Worth Beginning Again

SchoolAlberto Savorana

As students, teachers, and parents all plunge into the education system, ready to return wearily to the old routine. But is there a chance that educating and being educated will become an adventure that makes it worth getting up happily in the morning?

'Martin Luther' by Lucas Cranach the Elder. Via Wikimedia Commons

Experience in Giussani and Protestantism

Current EventsRodney Howsare

A Catholic convert, the University of Pennsylvania theologian demonstrates the novelty of Fr. Giussani’s ideas for the American mindset and Protestant culture.

Educating so that Desire May Live

Current EventsJames Scoular

The Risk of Education was presented in London, with the interventions of the mathematician and physicist Peter Hodgson, the Anglican theologian John Milbank, and Fr. Carrón.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina via Wikimedia Commons

New Sun of the Mediterranean

Current EventsRoberto Fontolan

An edition of Fr. Giussani’s book in Arabic is presented at the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina, with its architecture evoking the rising sun, an initiative no one could have foreseen, fostered by Wael Farouq.

Virginia Tech massacre candlelight vigil. Via Wikimedia Commons

Reason in the Face of Tragedy

Current EventsMarina Cogo

It’s been weeks since the sordid events at Virginia Tech filled newspapers and television screens. Though the media’s reporting of the particulars has waned, our hearts’ demand for meaning has not.

Milan, Italy. Wikimedia Commons

School

SchoolPaolo Perego

A Latin and Greek teacher at the Berchet High School in Milan, Elisabetta Cassani speaks of obedience at school: “If there’s no goal, if you’re not trying to get anywhere, obedience has no meaning”

John Milbank. Wikimedia Commons

Reflections of an Anglican

CultureAlberto Savorana

One of the most open and acute minds in British philosophy was a guest of the Cultural Center in Milan this past February 27th. From the Anglican world, an example of the broadening of reason, in harmony with the Pope’s invitation.

'Return of the Prodigal Son' by Rembrandt via Wikimedia Commons

Fatherhood and Source

CultureGiacomo Maniscalco

What does it mean to be father today? More than merely a role to fill, fatherhood is about source and generating. The following contributions document the centrality and meaning of fatherhood from ancient to modern times.

"The Religious Sense" by Luigi Giussani. Arabic translation.

A Gift for Christians, A Book Open to All

Current EventsRiccardo Piol

The presentation of "The Religious Sense" by Fr. Giussani, in the new Egyptian edition edited by Wael Farouq, included a speech by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, newly appointed Secretary of the Holy See for Relations with States.

Franz Joseph Haydn. Wikimedia Commons

Haydn's March

CultureKristi Brown

In his time Franz Joseph Haydn was labeled Papa Haydn for his paternal care and acknowledgment of other composers of his time. Here we examine his generosity as a peer and his influence as a musician.

Fr. Paolo Pezzi. Wikimedia Commons

It’s as if Christ Were Asking Me, “Do You Love Me?”

ChurchAlberto Savorana

The new Metropolitan Archbishop of Moscow recounts the network of circumstances that brought him to the heart of Russia. In his episcopal motto, “Passion for the glory of Christ,” is the meaning of witness to the Russian people.

Father Elijah by Michael O'Brien.

The Wound of Beauty

CultureEdoaro Rialti

The Canadian writer and painter, Michael D. O’Brien speaks to Traces of his relationship with beauty, of his wonder before the Mystery of reality, of freedom, of being both sons and beggars, and of love as knowledge.

John Milbank. Wikimedia Commons

Reflections of an Anglican

ChurchAlberto Savorana

One of the most open and acute minds in British philosophy was a guest of the Cultural Center in Milan this past February 27th. From the Anglican world, an example of the broadening of reason, in harmony with the Pope’s invitation.

Ascoli Piceno, Italy. Wikimedia Commons

A School for the Person

SchoolAdolfo Leoni

For the first time in Italy, a state school was named in honor of Fr. Giussani, “an extraordinary protagonist of the civil and religious life of our times”