"Sequela, following, is the most reasonable attitude before the Christian event." Fr. Luigi Giussani, Notes from the Assembly of CL Responsibles, November 1993 The new archbishop of New York, Timothy Dolan, related that the Papal Nuncio Pietro Sambi informed him of the Holy Father's choice, and tha...

Today is the fourth anniversary of Msgr. Luigi Giussani death, founder of the Catholic movement I belong to, Communion and Liberation . See a brief video on his life here. I never met Fr. Giussani personally, but his charism and the community he founded has defined my life, particularly over the las...

Archeologists made an interesting discovery among one of the earliest human populations:  the bones of a woman who had had a broken leg which subsequently healed.   What it meant was that a community of people had cared for this woman when she was not able to provide for herself.     Last week I...

Eluana How needed is a caress from the Nazarene! “Existence is a space that has been given to us and that we have to fill with meaning, always and in every situation� (Enzo Jannacci, Corriere della Sera, February 6, 2009).But how can a life like Eluana’s be filled with meaning? Does it still h...

There are an extremely small number of companies which are likely to do relatively well during the recession, either because they are the market share leaders in their industries by a wide margin, or they are in businesses which sell products and services which are a necessary part of everyday life....

If you didn't make it to diakonia, don't worry, you have everything you need. We who were there needed to be, I trust, taking it for granted as always, unable even to shut up, find seats and be ready for Mass at the indicated time. No need for my notes. It is all right here, the same message, in Fat...

Traders and investors alike look for defensive stocks with certainty of earnings in hard times like these.  Tomorrow we will get earnings from Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG), and the consumer products giant is definitely among those defensive companies.  Its competitor Colgate-Palmoli...

Teairra Mari is currently in the studio working on her anticipated sophomore album, At That Point which is going to be released this Spring. The 21 year-old invited Concrete Loop to a recording session at Will Smith’s exclusive studio ‘The Boom Boom Room’ to listen to some of her l...

Christmas and HopeLetter to the editor of the Italian Daily La Repubblica,published December 23, 2008 Dear Sir, I was struck by the readings that the Ambrosian Liturgy proposes for Monday if the third week of Advent. How must the members of the ancient people of Israel been disconcerted at the words...

Short Days, Long Shadows, originally uploaded by *clairity*. It is strange to think about solitude at just this time of the boomerang effect, when our empty nest is expanding to a household of seven. Or it's even more reason, because of that common experience of feeling alone even in the midst of lo...