there are portals where buyers can order the kind of baby they want - and it’s much more than the color of their eyes www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...

quoted in CNN www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/e...

si puo' pensare quello che si vuole di iniziative come questa qui del nostro Douthat (che nel particolare ha aspetti interessanti). Ma certamente questa generazione di intellettuali conservatori/di destra/cattolici sa come autopromuoversi e promuovere altre voci dentro il loro movimento.

In 1920s, Pius XI explained how he had approached negotiations with Mussolini: "When it comes to saving souls, we feel the courage to negotiate even with the devil." In later years, Pius XI understood the cost of those negotiations. Some US bishops seems to have learned nothing.

I hope that the US bishops in touch with the White House realise (and communicate to the public) that there is an order of priority here: - people being arrested and detained in the way we can see every day - people in detention (Catholics) not able to receive sacraments.

Sadly, it seems that for some of them the most important message to convey is "By no means did I mean to incriminate the current administration or the President"...

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

I hope that the US bishops in touch with the White House realise (and communicate to the public) that there is an order of priority here: - people being arrested and detained in the way we can see every day - people in detention (Catholics) not able to receive sacraments.

perdere il senso del ridicolo

dopo l'elezione del nuovo sindaco di NY, mi chiedo cosa direbbe (o cosa pensi) adesso Al Smith, governatore di NY che fu umiliato alle elezioni presidenziali del 1928 anche perchè in quanto cattolico fu accusato di "non appartenere" alla nazione americana bianca-protestante

heartbreaking story, and recommended reading for those who study or want to understand the problem of abuse and lack of accountability in institutions “After Martha” www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

…weiterer Eklat, „bei dem ein Schweizergardist in Richtung von Mitgliedern einer jüdischen Delegation gespuckt haben soll“ Salzburger Theologe Gregor Maria Hoff zu antisemitischen Ausfällen bei Vatikan-Konferenz zu „Nostra Aetate“. Da stellt man sich schon Fragen…

one of the references in the history of theology and thought that helps to understand what Cardinal Zuppi meant when he said "Christendom is over" (it’s obvious that it is over)

sui social americani, la campagna di odio e intimidazione contro il candidato in testa per l'elezione del sindaco di NY è spaventosa - il tutto basato sulle identità religiose, ovviamente.

Hey, remind me what happened after the Roaring 20s?

questo non e’ un cardinale qualsiasi che si fa una foto con un libro qualsiasi. Si tratta dell’ex prefetto della Dottrina della Fede con un libro per cui ha firmato la prefazione e pubblicato dall’organizzazione “Catholics for Catholics”, partner ufficiale della Casa Bianca di Trump.

opening of my chapter in this volume just published

When you’re desperate to get a real heavyweight French intellectual to come out swinging against Mamdani and the best you can do is BHL, the Johnny Hallyday of Philosophy.

ecco il video della mia conferenza di martedi sera. Grazie ancora agli organizzatori e alla collega Daniela Saresella youtu.be/Uer9SE736nQ

ecco il video della mia conferenza di martedi sera. Grazie ancora agli organizzatori e alla collega Daniela Saresella youtu.be/Uer9SE736nQ

in this week’s issue of “The Tablet”, my article on theology in the university

In den Shownotes findet ihr Quellen und weitere Lektürehinweise. Ne umfängliche Liste diesmal u.a. mit @christians4future.bsky.social @strackchristoph.bsky.social @ekdde.bsky.social @l-dtrch.bsky.social @churchofengland.org & @massimofaggioli.bsky.social.

Heute vor 60 Jahren setzte Papst Paul VI. die vom Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzil verabschiedete Erklärung „Nostra aetate“ in Kraft, die die Gegenwart des Heiligen in allen nicht-christlichen Religionen anerkannte und zu einer universalen Geschwisterlichkeit durch interreligiösen Dialog aufrief.

Spotted in Peeters's bookstore in Leuven last week. Nice to see it in print (and there is also the German edition). These volumes are part of the most complex project I've ever been a part of, and as a member of the steering committee.

domani a Milano, anche in streaming

quoted in “Le Monde” about liturgical traditionalists and pope Leo www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

closing of LEST XV conference and announcement of LEST XVI in 2027

uomo della provvidenza” in versione messianismo politico made in USA

il mio più recente su chiesa e politica negli USA, nel numero appena uscito de "Il Regno - attualità" insieme a tanti altri importanti articoli

today at KU Leuven

in my keynote at the XV LEST conference in Leuven today I will say something about this and what it means for theologians (Catholic and not only)

at KU Leuven for the XV edition of the Leuven Encounter in Systematic Theology on “Catholicity, Theology and the University”. Here the introduction by Stephan van Erp

my latest for the blog “Sapientia” of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University “War and Peace: ‘Dilexi te’ and the urgent new social question” crc.blog.fordham.edu/faith-religi...

A most interesting piece here.

Pope Leo's first major document is "On the love of the poor". But what should the Catholic hierarchy be saying about the equally pressing issues of war and peace?

This looks like something from Italy or Germany in the 1930s... How sad that this is happening in the U.S. of 2025. #DefendDemocracy #FightFascism @havardnyhus.bsky.social @anderstvegard.bsky.social @politiken.dk @expressense.bsky.social

my latest for the blog “Sapientia” of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University “War and Peace: ‘Dilexi te’ and the urgent new social question” crc.blog.fordham.edu/faith-religi...

come ho scritto, quella americana e’ una crisi religiosa, non solo politica

Se non è autoritarismo questo, non so cosa lo è.

(1) what a loving last act of a teacher now in Hell (2) bringing a baby to this funeral: oops

my "Leitartikel" in "Theologische Revue" (open access) just published today: Synodality and papal ministry in the Catholic Church. A review essay video.uni-muenster.de/Ejournals/in...

quoted in “La Vanguardia” today www.lavanguardia.com/encatala/202...

American Catholics, like Irish, Italians, Polish, were once seen as non-white by the WASP establishment. But within living memory, at least white Catholics are now insiders - but too many not vocal enough on democracy.

The Trump administration says more difficult questions, and other changes to the naturalization process, will ensure only immigrants who are "fully assimilated" will gain citizenship.

my online article for Canopy Forum “Catholic Social Teaching and Agnosticism about Democracy in the US Church” canopyforum.org/2025/10/18/c....

“Britain differs from the United States in that the Epstein affair has yet to result in comparable American casualties.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/w...

my online article for Canopy Forum “Catholic Social Teaching and Agnosticism about Democracy in the US Church” canopyforum.org/2025/10/18/c....

this is a real problem and a symptom of decadence of Italy “The Spritzes and Carbonaras That Ate Italy” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/w...

Sobre las consecuencias del mesianismo político-religioso de Trump. Excelente aquí @massimofaggioli.bsky.social www.commonwealmagazine.org/charlie-kirk...

my recent article for "L'Osservatore Romano - Donne Chiesa Mondo", now also in English www.osservatoreromano.va/en/news/2025...