Current Events - 1999

'Free Curve to the Point' by Wassily Kandinsky via Wikimedia Commons

The Individual, Freedom, and the State: The Problem of Belonging

Current EventsLorenzo Albacete

Excerpts from the talks given by the Monsignor from New York in Genoa, Milan, Turin, and Bologna, invited by the Italian Association of Cultural Centers. A conference about liberal America that examines itself on the future of democracy.

Canada Flag Map. Wikimedia Commons

The Conscience of Canada

Current EventsJohn Zucchi

The French edition of The Religious Conscience in Modern Man is presented. Intellectuals and theologians in a loyal confrontation with the thought of Father Giussani. A good beginning.

Vedran Smailović playing in the partially destroyed National Library in Sarajevo in 1992. Wikimedia Commons

The War Seen from the United States

Current EventsRodolfo Casadei

What errors in judgment led the United States to attack the Federation of Yugoslavia? And what could be the consequences of a decision considered irrational not only by the Pope, but also by many others in the world?

The Brooklyn Bridge. Wikimedia Commons

Over The Bridge, Towards Destiny

Current EventsLorna Beretta

The traditional Way of the Cross over the Brooklyn Bridge. Promoted by CL and proposed to the whole city. The arrival in Manhattan.

Ponce, Puerto Rico. Wikimedia Commons

Challenge in The Caribbean

Current EventsGiuseppe Zaffaroni

The Meeting's exhibition inaugurated in September with over 900 visitors within just 3 weeks. The presentation of the book At the Origin of the Christian Claim broadcast by the university TV channel. The creativity of a small but certain

'Resurrection of Christ' by Rottenhammer via Wikimedia Commons

A Problem of Knowledge

Current EventsLorenzo Albacete

The talk addressed to the New York community on October 17, 1999, for the CL Beginning Day. The resumption of an educational path in the heart of America. The Christian claim, an exhaustive answer to the original needs of the heart.

La Thuile, Italy. Wikimedia Commons

Labor Day (The Labor of Life)

Current Events

The Washington community at the beginning of its year. A list of questions faxed to Fr. Giussani, and his answers. A first step toward going more deeply into the themes that emerged at the International Assembly of responsibles in August.

Washington DC. Creative Commons CC0

Christian Claim on Capitol Hill

Current EventsMichelle Watkins

After the UN, Father Giussani's book on Christ is presented in the U.S. capital. Waldstein and Albacete spoke at the Catholic University of America, an important center for theological and philosophical studies.

Montreal, Canada. Creative Commons CC0

The Conscience of Canada

Current EventsJohn Zucchi

The French edition of The Religious Conscience in Modern Man is presented. Intellectuals and theologians in a loyal confrontation with the thought of Father Giussani. A good beginning.

Stars. Public Domain CC0

Under the African Sky

Current EventsAlfonso Poppi

The steps taken by the CL community in Kenya, recounted by the Italian priest of the parish of Kahawa Sukari. A new beginning that lives, eager to embrace all of Africa.

'The Disciples Peter and John Running to the Tomb' by Eugene Burnand via Wikimedia Commons

Freedom and Belonging

Current EventsLuca Doninelli

The two words that grandiosely constitute the mystery of the inexorable relationship between God and man: Creator and co-creator. Twenty-two thousand present at the Spiritual Exercises (Fraternity Retreat) in Rimini and more through satellite link.

American Soldiers at Departure Ceremony. Flickr

The War Seen From the United States

Current EventsRodolfo Casadei

What errors in judgment led the United States to attack the Federation of Yugoslavia? What could be the consequences of a decision considered irrational not only by the Pope, but also by many others in the world?