The Extraordinary Homily That Benedict XVI Dedicated to the Synod on the Family. A Homily That Went Unknown for Ten Years
(s.m.) From October 7 to 14, Leo XIV summoned to the Vatican the heads of the Eastern Churches and the presidents […]
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Leo’s “Pacifist Statism” in the Crosshairs of a Political Scientist. A New Chapter in the Discussion Opened by Orsina
(s.m.) The essay by political historian Giovanni Orsina, reported on September 1 by Settimo Cielo, with its stringent criticism of the
China Has the Church Under Its Boot Heel, to the Growing Applause of World Opinion
Between July, August, and September, the first four ordinations of bishops entirely attributable to Leo’s pontificate were celebrated in China.
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The “Synodality” Enigma. Cardinal Brandmüller Explains How Not to Fall Into Mephistopheles’s Traps
(s.m.) There is a word that for years has been rife in discussions in the Church, but on the meaning of
Pope Leo’s “Disarmed” Peace, Under the Critical Lens of a Political Historian
“Magnifica humanitas,” Leo XIV’s first encyclical, contrasts two biblical images as a symbol of the contradictions of our time. On one
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Stalin Lives Again Today in the Kremlin. One More Reason for a Theological Rereading of Vasily Grossman’s Masterpiece
(s.m.) Summer is a time for reading. And it is to a great book of fiction that Settimo Cielo dedicates its last
The True Reasons for the Schism. A Prophetic Speech by Ratzinger in 1988
(s.m.) Settimo Cielo has not published anything as yet on the case, covered widely by the world media, of the
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More on the Letter of the Patriarch of Jerusalem. After Contrasting Comments From Two Jews, the Judgment of a Distinguished Catholic Scholar
(s.m.) Published as received. The author of the note, Pietro De Marco (in the photo), 85, a distinguished scholar of philosophy,
An Eminent Jewish Rabbi Defends Patriarch Pizzaballa. The Response of Alon Goshen-Gottstein to Della Pergola’s Criticisms
The broad and dense pastoral letter from the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, published on April 25 of