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L'articolo MEETING OF THE COORDINATORS AND ECCLESIASTICAL ASSISTANTS OF THE ITALIAN CAPPF GROUPS proviene da Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice.

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L'articolo NATIONAL SEMINAR: “Europe of Green Cities: The Contribution of Catholic Social Teaching” proviene da Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice.

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L'articolo PEACE AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN FROM THE NEW THEOLOGY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN TO THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION AND PEACE proviene da Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice.

Flavio Felice

Full Professor of the History of Political Doctrines, University of Molise; Ordinary Research Professor, Catholic University of America, Washington DC

In an era of profound transformation such as the one we are currently experiencing, the appeal to the Church’s social doctrine takes on a prophetic character, capable, in Augustinian terms, of highlighting the salient features of a present rich in uncertainties, risks and challenges that challenge the person in their deepest dimension: freedom and responsibility.

This is the aim of the conference organised by the Centesimus Annus pro Pontifice Foundation, to be held in Rome on 28 and 29 May. It is an important opportunity to examine the challenges of the present day in the light of social doctrine, reflecting on how to adapt the message of the encyclical Centesimus annus (1991). The first day, dedicated to the Foundation’s general assembly, will be entitled: “Catholic Social Thought Facing the Challenges to Freedom and Pluralism in a Disordered Economy and Society. Renewing the Vision of Centesimus Annus”; whilst on the second day, dedicated to the international conference, the topic will be: “A Fragmented World in Search of Spirituality: Freedom and Pluralism from Within the Social Doctrine of the Church”. For further details on the themes and objectives of the initiative, please refer to the conference concept note.

The focus of the meeting will be a reflection on the political, economic and cultural dimensions of freedom and pluralism, and on how these dimensions challenge the contemporary world, which has been severely shaken by wars, economic and financial crises, and ethical and cultural dilemmas. In this regard, drawing on the political science perspective, we intend to offer a reflection—necessarily brief—to situate the issues of pluralism and freedom within the cultural context of Catholic social thought.

With particular reference to the theme of freedom, we would like to recall the words of Don Luigi Sturzo: ‘Freedom is like the air: we live in the air; if the air is foul, we suffer; if the air is insufficient, we suffocate; if the air is lacking, we die. Freedom is like life; life is present in all acts, in all moments; if it is not present, there is death. Freedom is dynamism that is realised and renewed; if realisation and renewal cease, dynamism fails. […] freedom is realised every day, defended every day, regained every day’. Freedom, therefore, is a precondition of democracy, of the market and of a civilised life worthy of the human person, and it takes concrete form in the human experience of each of us through the promotion and defence of the dignity of every person, within the political, economic and cultural context.

Following this line of thought, deeply rooted in the Church’s social teaching and strongly present throughout Catholic social thought, a distinction should be made between those who love freedom out of deep conviction and those who claim to love it, but only in words. The difference between the two categories of people is substantial: for the former, freedom remedies the evils it may produce, in that it generates new energies, promotes the formation of free associations and represents the moral leaven of the resulting political, economic and cultural pluralism. For the latter, however, freedom is something dangerous, to be feigned for reasons of expediency, but to be placed under guardianship to prevent its risks. This, according to Sturzo, but also for an important author such as Alexis de Tocqueville, is the great fear of freedom that affects oligarchies of every kind, whether political or economic.

Linked to the theme of freedom is the question of pluralism. In civil terms, pluralism can be interpreted in a myriad of ways. Referring to the Church’s social doctrine, we believe it is worth recalling that Pope Benedict XVI, in the encyclical Caritas in veritate (2009), used the adjective ‘polyarchic’ to describe the type of political-institutional structure best suited to representing a pluralistic civil context.

The concept of ‘polyarchy’ is widely used in political science literature thanks to the work of Robert A. Dahl. However Sturzo’s notion of ‘plurarchy’ conveys the meaning of Benedict XVI’s statement more profoundly: “Globalisation certainly requires authority, inasmuch as it raises the issue of a global common good to be pursued; such authority, however, must be organised in a subsidiary and polyarchic manner, both so as not to infringe upon freedom and to be effectively effective in practice” (Cv, no. 57).

Polyarchy and plurarchy, in the sense understood by Sturzo and Ratzinger, refer to a broader social context in which, alongside the political sphere, there are many other spheres of equal dignity: the economic, religious and artistic spheres, all of which produce a particular type of common good. Society, therefore, is not a collection of isolated and uncommunicating individuals, but a system of personal experiences and consciences. From this perspective, participation therefore means taking part in a personal or collective capacity, contributing to affirming the reasons for one’s own existence in the process of shaping public opinion. In this sense, pluralism can be understood as a social context governed by an order produced and maintained by the continuous interaction and competition of multiple and mutually irreducible regulatory principles.

The passion for freedom, which feeds on and is nourished by pluralism, is a consecration of human dignity in all its forms. For this reason, as the late maestro Dario Antiseri loved to say, the passion for freedom goes hand in hand with the risk of freedom, a risk that could translate into the voluntary renunciation of freedom itself, in the name of fear, resentment, irresponsibility, the culture of delegation and the fascination with leadership. A risk we run every day, especially in these tragic days of war, precisely because we are fortunate enough to live in societies that tend to be open – societies for which our forefathers proved they had the strength and courage to sacrifice even their own lives.

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L'articolo AREZZO: 7 marzo 2026. “Costruire comunità nella complessità” proviene da Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice.

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Una preghiera per l’Ucraina di Padre Oleh Zymak. A seguito dell’iniziativa di preghiera per l’Ucraina, abbiamo il piacere di segnalarvi la seguente preghiera composta da Padre Oleh Zymak, sacerdote redentorista ucraino della Chiesa Greco-Ortodossa. Egli svolge un significativo ministero pastorale a favore degli sfollati, offrendo conforto e sostegno alle vittime della guerra. Leggi la preghiera di Padre Oleh. Scarica preghiera

L'articolo Preghiera per l’Ucraina il 24 febbraio – COMECE e Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice proviene da Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice.

La Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice (FCAPP) è lieta di invitarvi al webinar: 

Organizzato dalla Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice in cooperazione con il Centro Cardinal Bea per gli Studi Giudaici della Pontificia Università Gregoriana.

“Il contributo del dialogo interreligioso mediterraneo alle pari opportunità uomo-donna”

Lunedì, 16 marzo p.v. dalle ore 18.00 alle 19.30

Introduzione: P. Alexis Leproux, Presidente dell’Istituto Cattolico del Mediterraneo

Presiede e modera : Paolo Garonna, Presidente Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro-Pontifice (FCAPP)

Relazioni: Ruth Dureghello, già Presidente della Comunità Ebraica di Roma

                   Mariangela Laviano, Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d’Islamistica

                   Anna Maria Tarantola, già Presidente della FCAPP

                   F. Francesco Zecca, OIKOS Mediterraneo, Taranto

Discussione

Conclusioni: Massimo Gargiulo, Pro-Direttore Centro Cardinal Bea per gli Studi Giudaici della Pontificia Università Gregoriana

Di seguito il link Zoom per collegarsi:

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L'articolo WEBINAR. Lunedì, 16 marzo p.v. dalle ore 18 alle 19.30 “Il contributo del dialogo interreligioso mediterraneo alle pari opportunità uomo-donna” proviene da Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice.

The Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation (FCAPP) is pleased to invite you to the Webinar:

“Face and Voice Are Sacred: Protecting What Makes Us Human”

Organized by the FCAPP in cooperation with the Dicastery for Communication of the Vatican

The aim of the Webinar is also to contribute to the reflections of the 60th world day of social communications

Wednesday 11 February, 5.00 to 6.30 pm,  Rome time (CET)

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Organizzato dalla Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice

Da tenersi presso il Comune di Firenze (Palazzo Vecchio, Sala Leone X), il 13 aprile 2026 dalle 18 alle 19.30

Titolo del Seminario: “L’Europa delle Città Verdi: il contributo del pensiero sociale cattolico”

Saluti e introduzione:

Sara Funaro, Sindaco di Firenze*

Paolo Garonna, Presidente della Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice

 Relazioni:

• Mons. Andrea Migliavacca, Vescovo di Arezzo Cortona e Sansepolcro, Assistente Ecclesiastico per l’Italia della FCAPP

“Dalla Città di Dio di Sant’Agostino alle Encicliche di Papa Francesco (Fratelli tutti e Laudato Si) e al Magistero di Leone XIV: il pensiero sociale cattolico per la protezione del creato e la fratellanza universale”

• Riccardo Rapezzi,  Presidente Fasdac e consigliere Manageritalia

“Il contributo del settore privato alla vivibilità delle città e allo sviluppo sostenibile”

• Paola Albrito, Direttore dell’Ufficio delle Nazioni Unite per la riduzione dei rischi catastrofali (UNDRR), Ginevra

“I Programmi dell’ONU per la resilienza delle città (Making Cities Resilient 2030 e altri) e le migliori pratiche in Europa”

 Discussione sulle politiche pubbliche e sul ruolo delle comunità locali, introdotta da:

• On.le Dario Nardella, MEP, Parlamento Europeo
• On.le Alessandro Cattaneo*, deputato, Parlamento Nazionale

 Conclusioni:

–                     Dubravka Suica*, Commissaria Europea per il Mediterraneo (in presenza o eventualmente in collegamento video)

“Il ruolo delle città verdi nel Mediterraneo per la pace e la promozione dei valori universali”

 Dalle 19.30 alle 20.30, la discussione continuerà in modo informale con un cocktail

L'articolo April 13 rd, 2026. “L’Europa delle Città Verdi: il contributo del pensiero sociale cattolico” proviene da Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice.

A new initiative has been launched by CAPPF which is an important project with a focus to deepen the knowledge for a theological and social reflection, aimed at promoting the thinking that originates in the Mediterranean in the light of the Social Doctrine of the Church. It is called ‘Theology from the Mediterranean’.

Launched last May at the CAPPF international conference, the project included a study session dedicated to the ‘Social Doctrine of Interreligious Dialogue for Peace and Economic Cooperation.’ In this context, the theme of “Social Doctrine of the Mediterranean. Interreligious Dialogue for Peace and Economic Cooperation on the Basis of the New Theology of the Mediterranean and from the Mediterranean’, taking as its reference the 2023 Marseille Manifesto entitled “Towards a Theology of the Mediterranean”. The discussion focused on ways to consolidate the ethical foundations for economic and social development and peace in and from the Mediterranean, with Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of Marseille and President of the French Bishops’ Conference, as the main speaker.

Cardinal Aveline returned to this theme in the editorial of this newsletter (December 2025), highlighting that “History will remember that, for his first apostolic journey, Pope Leo XIV chose the shores of the eastern Mediterranean, the cradle of Christianity, subsequently traveling to Turkey and Lebanon. In Turkey, the Holy Father celebrated with particular intensity the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea […]’.

These were important insights that saw the CAPPF engaged in the subsequent steps of reflection, discussion and debate at an international level, through webinars and seminars.

The meetings will continue during 2026. The year 2025 marked the beginning of a structured process of in-depth study on the theme.

This journey is designed to develop over time, gradually consolidate and open up to new contributions and perspectives for dialogue.

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