This volume gathers the sessions and dialogues held at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross during the 14th Professional Seminar for Church Communications Offices, attended by hundreds of communicators from dioceses, bishops' conferences, congregations or institutes of consecrated life, movements and other Church-related organizations. The combination of theoretical and practical contributions on the contemporary context of evangelization builds a bridge between the academic and professional worlds, highlighting positive faith communication projects while not ignoring the challenges and difficulties the Church faces in the current historical moment. Contributions in English, Italian, Spanish and French.
Questo volume raccoglie le sessioni e i dialoghi che si sono svolti presso la Pontificia Università della Santa Croce in occasione del 14º Seminario professionale sugli uffici di comunicazione della Chiesa, al quale hanno partecipato centinaia di comunicatori provenienti da diocesi, conferenze episcopali, congregazioni, istituti di vita consacrata, movimenti e altre realtà ecclesiali. La combinazione di contributi teorici e pratici sul contesto contemporaneo dell'evangelizzazione crea un ponte tra il mondo accademico e quello professionale, valorizzando i progetti positivi di comunicazione della fede senza tuttavia ignorare le sfide e le difficoltà che la Chiesa affronta nell'attuale momento storico. Testi in inglese, italiano, spagnolo e francese.
"The current scientific and technological advances in the biomedical field opens up new possibilities of intervention on life (human and non-human) and, at the same time, it raises new moral questions. Anything that can be done, must be done anyway? There is substantial theoretical agreement among scientists, moralists and jurists on the necessity of giving some sort of limits to technological research and applications. There are only a few people left (as far as the theory is concerned) who accept the illuministic conception of complete trust in scientific progress, asking for the absolute freedom of research and application. But, which limits? This is the specific question for moral philosophy. Contemporary philosophical thought is strongly marked by pluralism: moral positions differ as far as the choice of principles and values is concerned. There is no absolute unanimity in morality: different moral trends justify different principles and values that should set the boundary line between what is right and what is wrong in biomedical practice."
Un testo di neuroscienze. In lingua inglese.
Volume 7, the last in this series, surveys Don Bosco’s life and activity in the late seventies and eighties, roughly his last dozen years. These are his mature, reflective years; they are also the years of his quasi-retirement, gradually giving way to his sunset years. With regard to content, the nine chapters of this survey may be grouped under four headings.
(1) Chapters 1-3 deal with the Society’s internal organization and the regulations developed for that purpose. They cover such topics as the Society’s division into “inspectorates” (provinces), Don Bosco’s report of 1879 to the Holy See, general conferences and General Chapters.
(2) Chapters 4-6 speak of a founder’s concerns over the qualities of candidates seeking admission into the Society, and over the salesian religious spirit of the confreres. They express Don Bosco’s severe judgments of discipline in the Oratory communities. Also Don Bosco’s reflective and educational writings of the period.
(3) Chapters 7 and 8 tell the story, on the basis of archival sources and eyewitness testimonies, of Don Bosco’s progressive physical decline over the years 1884-1887—years plagued by worsening illness and yet marked with indomitable resolve to undertake fatiguing journeys to visit and encourage confreres, cooperators and benefactors.
(4) Chapter 9 describes the difficult and protracted itinerary of the processes of Don Bosco’s beatification and canonization.
The series Don Bosco, History and Spirit consists of seven volumes. The first three volumes survey the life and times of John Melchior Bosco (“Don Bosco,” 1815-1888) up to 1864, with particular attention to nineteenth-century political, social and religious history. This survey looks at Don Bosco’s own education, at his spiritual and theological formation. It examines the growth of the work, and the founding and initial development of the Society of St. Francis de Sales.
The next four volumes describes Don Bosco’s life and work in the period following the unification of Italy. In this setting Don Bosco, History and Spirit discusses the institutional developments and organization of the Salesian Society. It examines the development of permanent structures to guarantee the continuance of the Salesian work, and discusses some of the founder’s insights and ideas.
Il volume contiene le riflessioni di accademici, magistrati e organismi di uguaglianza sulle sfide che l'orientamento sessuale e l'identità di genere pongono al diritto contemporaneo. Nato dalla conferenza "Eguaglianza e giustizia. I diritti delle persone LGBTI (lesbiche, gay, bisessuali, trans e intersessuate) nel XXI secolo" tenutasi a Firenze nel maggio 2011, il testo affronta, in particolare, questioni che riguardano le coppie LGBTI come la libertà di movimento, il mutuo riconoscimento, la genitorialità e le successioni. Comprende contributi in inglese, italiano e francese.
Dieci catechesi preparatorie per il VII Incontro Mondiale delle Famiglie (Milano, 30 maggio - 3 giugno 2012). Elaborate dal Pontificio Consiglio per la Famiglia in collaborazione con l'Arcidiocesi di Milano. Il tema sarà La Famiglia: il lavoro e la festa". "
