Father Oreste Benzi: priest-prophet [199-206]
The direct testimony of the author is the red thread linking together some guidelines on the life of father Oreste Benzi, a significant figure of priest-prophet of the present time. Through a brief account of some personal meetings, the author reveals the most distinguishing features of this priest from Rimini: «communion» taught as the essential […]
The presbyteral ministry over the last few years. Over the last few years in the «Year for Priests» [189-198]
This bibliographic review takes the «Year for Priests» called for by Benedict XVI on the 150th anniversary of the death of the Curé of Ars as its starting point. Attention is then extended to the most important publications on the priests’ ministry over the last four years. Aids to celebrations, biographies and meditations for the […]
The natural law in the encyclical letter Caritas in veritate by Benedict XVI [169-187]
The topic of natural law plays an important role in the recent encyclical letter Caritas in veritate by Benedict XVI. The text points out the influence of the technocratic ideology which considers science as the only source of knowledge; reason, which is no longer aimed to seek the truth, becomes unable to root man’s behaviour […]
Too much young not to think about tomorrow? getting going in the Christian faith today [151-168]
This article deals with the difficult relationship between young people and Christian life -getting going for Christ-,in relation to the time period they have to live in. It comes out that the new generations have to face an eightfold disadvantage on their way to the experience of faith. The present cultural, social and ecclesial context, undermining […]
Supporting young people throughout their life choices. Program of the spirituality workshop 2009 [131-149]
The tenth edition of the spirituality workshop for educators, priests and teachers examined in depth the topic Supporting young people throughout their life choices. The two «basic lectures» highlighted the need to offer young people the possibility of looking at the future serenely as an essential condition for their faith to grow and be able […]
«To love you as much as I possibly can». Relevance of the Curé of Ars [97-130]
This contribution is divided into three parts. In the first part, the author demonstrates how the figure of the Curé of Ars goes through the presbyteral spirituality of most of the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries: his sanctity – recognized when he was still alive and claimed during his funerals – has been admitted by all […]
Evolution between science and faith [69-96]
For a long time the theory of evolution has been objected and misunderstood for two main reasons: its apparent contrast with the story of creation given by the Bible and the fact it was frequently combined with materialistic positions. Still nowadays the theory of evolution is considered as the basis of naturalism which denies the […]
«Dilectionis est testimonium cura pastoris» (Gregory the Great, Reg Past. I, 5): the «reception» of Jn 21:15-19 in the Church Fathers. For a spirituality of pastoral ministry. [31-68]
Within a wider reflection on the basic principles of spirituality in the pastoral ministry, this article tells how the text by John 21,15-19 has been «received» by the Church Fathers. For both the Eastern (John Chrysostom) and the Western Church (Augustine and Gregory The Great), «pastoral charity» is the centre of the minister’s spirituality. The […]
Divine revelation and its transmission. Lines of theological reception of the Dei Verbum [7-30]
The Dogmatic Constitution Dei verbum, promulgated on November 18, 1965 was the result of a complex work. Some knotty problems of doctrinal, methodological and historical character have been faced and solved thanks to a renewed view of the revelation that enabled the Council to better understand also the pastoral question. Forty-five years later, it can […]