A Church without children is not the Church of Jesus

Christmas and the baptism of children. Paul VI and Benedict XVI. Augustine and Damien of Molokai. An all-encompassing interview with Cardinal Godfried Danneels, Primate of Belgium, as his long tenure leading the archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel is drawing to an end
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Atomic power for peaceful purposes and social progress

Some years ago the general public and politicians in particular seemed to have no awareness of the practical significance of scientific research for Italy. There was respect, yes but it was hardly credited with the practical importance that, for historical reasons, it had long held in other countries
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If everything is grace there is no longer grace

The distinctions are essential especially in a time in which Gnosticism is the evident alternative to the reality of faith
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“Inter prospera humiles et inter adversa securi”

The connecting thread that runs through the different moments of Christian presence in Tunisia is that of a certain occasionality, intermittent and precarious. So it’s easier to ask to be humble in good times and calm in adversity
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30Days in brief

News from the world
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Augusto Del Noce.
Non-Manichean thinking

Twenty years ago, on 30 December 1989, Augusto Del Noce, one of the greatest Italian post-war intellectuals, and a regular contributor to 30Days, died in Rome. The anniversary, to be followed by that in 2010, the centenary of his birth, offers an opportunity to reflect on the philosopher’s conceptual career
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Like a good-for-nothing clown

The story of Cecilia Eusepi, who lived at the turn of the century in a small town north of Rome and who died of tuberculosis at the age of 18. Considered a spiritual sister of Theresa of Lisieux, she is bound for beatification
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