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Marco Politi, der führende Vatikan-Spezialist Italiens, erklärt die Fraktionskämpfe zwischen Ultrakonservativen, Progressiven und der pragmatischen Mitte vor dem Konklave, das einen Nachfolger für Papst Franziskus wählen wird. Die Hardliner sind stark und sie sind gut organisiert, sagt er. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Centinaia di migliaia di fedeli hanno accompagnato sabato l'ultimo viaggio del pontefice verso la Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Agnese Franceschini era a Roma e ci racconta l'atmosfera di questi giorni. Se in Italia la partecipazione emotiva per la scomparsa del "Papa degli ultimi" è stata fortissima, i rapporti con la chiesa tedesca sono stati tutt'altro che idilliaci. Ne abbiamo parlato con Simone Paganini, teologo presso l'università di Aachen e con il vaticanista Marco Politi. Von Luciana Caglioti.

With Pope Francis' funeral, the world's 1.4 billion Catholics are turning the page on an era of reform and liberalism. Now, the Vatican faces the questions - what will its next chapter look like - and how will the next Pope wield the power of the Church? In this episode: Kayode Akintola, Head, Africa Region, Catholic Agency for Overseas Development. Glenda Miro Antonio, Founder and President, Spring Rain Global. Marco Politi, Pope Biographer and Vatican Expert. Host: Imran Khan Connect with us:@AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

Le prime pagine dei principali quotidiani nazionali commentate in rassegna stampa da Davide Giacalone. Il 25 aprile sobrio, la crescita globale sotto il 3%, gli atenei americani contro Trump. Il collegamento con Piazza San Pietro, con Maria Paola Raiola. #Ilpostinazienda. Oggi con Bauli e Fondimpresa: Gruppo leader nel settore dolciario. Ha 1400 dipendenti e ne cerca subito almeno 50. In studio con noi Massimo Bottacin, Chief People Officer di Bauli. L'attualità , commentata dal direttore del giornale Il Foglio, Claudio Cerasa. Torniamo sulla scomparsa di Papa Francesco. Lo abbiamo fatto con Marco Politi, Vaticanista. All'interno di Non Stop News, con Enrico Galletti, Massimo Lo Nigro e Giusi Legrenzi.

El periodista Marco Politi habló en La W a propósito de la muerte del papa Francisco este 21 de abril.

Hablamos con Marco Politi, escritor, editorialista y vaticanista de La Repubblica, que nos habla de cómo era el papa Francisco, por qué decidió seguir apareciendo en actos públicos pese a su frágil estado de salud y qué se espera ahora para suceder al Pontífice.

1. Marco Politi zu seinem Papst-Buch. 2. Minderheiten im neuen Syrien. 3. Ramadan und Fasten nach Karneval. 4. Nach dem USAID-Stopp. 5. Götter im Kino: Marvel-Stars. 6. Unsinn und Sinn. Moderation: Wolfgang Meyer Von WDR 5.

Meyer, Luisa www.deutschlandfunk.de, Tag für Tag

Der Vatikanexperte spricht über den Einfluss von Papst Franziskus, die Herausforderungen des Vatikans und die mögliche Zukunft der Kirche.

Para muchos críticos, la comunidad católica ultraconservadora del Opus Dei es una secta diabólica. Sin embargo, el Opus Dei (obra de Dios) tiene una imagen de sí misma completamente diferente y positiva. Aún sigue siendo difícil llegar a su interior. Su impenetrabilidad se debe a que sus 90.000 miembros en todo el mundo se han comprometido a guardar silencio, y los desertores aseguran ser víctimas de persecución. Entre tanto, el Opus Dei lucha por convertirse en el actor más influyente de la Iglesia Católica. Para ello, la “obra de Dios” sostiene una red secreta, también en la República Federal de Alemania. No en vano, la sede alemana se encuentra en Colonia, en el arzobispado católico más poderoso. En Alemania, el Opus Dei intenta principalmente afianzarse en el campo de la educación, por ejemplo, administrando guarderías y escuelas. El ejemplo de una guardería en Múnich muestra que el Opus Dei oculta deliberadamente su influencia sobre estas instituciones. Otro componente de la red es el IESE, la escuela de negocios del Opus Dei, de la que también hay una filial en Alemania y que es conocida como una de las mejores academias de su tipo en el mundo. En España, el país de origen del Opus Dei, hay una intrusión de miembros del Opus Dei en niveles del sector judicial y educativo desde la época de Franco. Este documental trata de hacer transparentes estas relaciones en España y Alemania, y le da la palabra a víctimas y expertos, incluido el responsable del Opus Dei, Christoph Bockamp. Por primera vez, una desertora de Alemania cuenta sobre su martirio en el Opus Dei y el acoso que sufrió como respuesta a su deserción. La española Carmen Charo enfermó psicológicamente durante su etapa en el Opus Dei como resultado del lavado de cerebro y la presión mental. Hoy ayuda a otros a salir del Opus Dei. Dietmar Scharmitzer intenta hacer lo mismo con las personas de habla alemana que quieren abandonar los estudios y administra una plataforma de Internet con fines informativos. Finalmente, Marco Politi, autor y experto en el Vaticano de Roma, hace un balance de la influencia del Opus Dei desde la época del Papa Juan Pablo II.

Il pontificato di Papa Francesco sembra andare verso la conclusione. E'stato lo stesso pontefice a parlare in pubblico del suo declino fisico. Nelle ultime settimane, Francesco ha preso decisioni molto importanti, come quella di concedere la benedizioni alle coppie gay. Un papa che ora appare sempre più solitario, attaccato dai vecchi avversari come i settori più conservatori della Chiesa cattolica e criticato ora anche da alcuni segmenti dell'ala riformista. Francesco si presenta quindi come un monarca molto apprezzato dall'opinione pubblica progressista mondiale, ma meno compreso e apprezzato all'interno dello stesso episcopato. Chi sarà il suo successore? Di questo abbiamo parlato con Marco Politi, giornalista e scrittore, Paolo Naso, docente universitario ed esperto di storia delle religioni e con Marco Marzano, sociologo delle religioni, docente universitario.

GUERRA IN MEDIO ORIENTE, AGGIORNAMENTI E ANALISI con Eric Salerno, giornalista e scrittore, per molti anni corrispondente da Gerusalemme per il Messaggero e Tommaso Della Longa portavoce della Croce Rossa Internazionale - MANOVRA, ACCORDO NELLA MAGGIORANZA? con Chiara Brusini caposervizio economia del Fatto Quotidiano - LE CONCLUSIONI DEL SINODO DI PAPA FRANCESCO intervista a Marco Politi vaticanista, autore di diversi libri su papa Bergoglio - OGGI SCIOPERO DEGLI ISPETTORI DEL LAVORO ci spiega le ragioni Maurizio Fazio ispettore del lavoro, coordinatore regionale lombardo della FP Cgil per il ministero del Lavoro In studio Lorenza Ghidini, in redazione Massimo Alberti

È in corso in Germania una causa legale che vede coinvolto anche l'ex pontefice. Gli eredi individuati dall'esecutore testamentario, Georg Gänswein, potrebbero per questo motivo rinunciare all'eredità, i dettagli da Cristina Giordano. Sul lascito spirituale di Papa Ratzinger e sui rapporti con l'attuale Pontefice abbiamo sentito il vaticanista Marco Politi. Von Luciana Caglioti.

In der katholischen Kirche tobt ein Machtkampf zwischen Traditionalisten und Reformern. Nicht nur im Vatikan auch in den Landeskirchen. Zölibat, Frauen als Priester, Umgang mit Homosexuellen - über alles wird heftigst gestritten. Mitten drin: Papst Franziskus. Wo steht er? Welchen Einfluss hat er überhaupt? Und wie verändert sich die Kirche durch diesen Streit? Christine Auerbach diskutiert mit Marco Politi, Vatikankenner aus Rom und Christian Wölfel aus der BR Redaktion Religion und Orientierung.Shownotes: Einen guten Überblick darüber, wie Franziskus Papst wurde und was er für die Kirche bedeutet, bietet der Podcast: Papst im Quadrat: Wie Benedikt und Franziskus Geschichte schrieben: https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/papst-wie-benedikt-und-franziskus-geschichte-schrieben/12365111/Noch mehr Hintergründe über den Machtkampf im Vatikan gibt es hier: "Machtkampf im Vatikan": https://www.br.de/fernsehen/das-erste/sendungen/report-muenchen/machtkampf-im-vatikan100.html oder hier: "Visionär oder gescheiterter Reformer?" https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/stationen/visionaer-oder-gescheiterter-reformer/br-fernsehen/Y3JpZDovL2JyLmRlL3ZpZGVvLzVmM2RhYzY5LTc4MjEtNGRjMS1iOGRjLTI4NWYwZjUxMjQwZQ

Reformer gegen Bremser? Die Spannungen in der Kirche sind groß, gerade vor der nächsten Vollversammlung des Synodalen Weges. Der Vatikanexperte Marco Politi blickt auf den Streit aus italienischer Sicht - und sieht einen "schwelenden Untergrund-Bürgerkrieg in der katholischen Kirche".

Para muchos críticos, la comunidad católica ultraconservadora del Opus Dei es una secta diabólica. Sin embargo, el Opus Dei (obra de Dios) tiene una imagen de sí misma completamente diferente y positiva. Aún sigue siendo difícil llegar a su interior. Su impenetrabilidad se debe a que sus 90.000 miembros en todo el mundo se han comprometido a guardar silencio, y los desertores aseguran ser víctimas de persecución. Entre tanto, el Opus Dei lucha por convertirse en el actor más influyente de la Iglesia Católica. Para ello, la "obra de Dios" sostiene una red secreta, también en la República Federal de Alemania. No en vano, la sede alemana se encuentra en Colonia, en el arzobispado católico más poderoso. En Alemania, el Opus Dei intenta principalmente afianzarse en el campo de la educación, por ejemplo, administrando guarderías y escuelas. El ejemplo de una guardería en Múnich muestra que el Opus Dei oculta deliberadamente su influencia sobre estas instituciones. Otro componente de la red es el IESE, la escuela de negocios del Opus Dei, de la que también hay una filial en Alemania y que es conocida como una de las mejores academias de su tipo en el mundo. En España, el país de origen del Opus Dei, hay una intrusión de miembros del Opus Dei en niveles del sector judicial y educativo desde la época de Franco. Este documental trata de hacer transparentes estas relaciones en España y Alemania, y le da la palabra a víctimas y expertos, incluido el responsable del Opus Dei, Christoph Bockamp. Por primera vez, una desertora de Alemania cuenta sobre su martirio en el Opus Dei y el acoso que sufrió como respuesta a su deserción. La española Carmen Charo enfermó psicológicamente durante su etapa en el Opus Dei como resultado del lavado de cerebro y la presión mental. Hoy ayuda a otros a salir del Opus Dei. Dietmar Scharmitzer intenta hacer lo mismo con las personas de habla alemana que quieren abandonar los estudios y administra una plataforma de Internet con fines informativos. Finalmente, Marco Politi, autor y experto en el Vaticano de Roma, hace un balance de la influencia del Opus Dei desde la época del Papa Juan Pablo II.

Si deve trattare ma la rottura con la Russia è senza ritorno, durerà anni. Lo dice l'ex viceministro degli Esteri Mario Giro. Il ruolo del Vaticano nell'analisi di Marco Politi, vaticanista e scrittore. Riccardo Noury di Amnesty Italia sui crimini di guerra, la proposta inaccettabile di corridoi umanitari verso Russia e Bielorussia, e l'istruttoria della Corte di Giustizia de l'Aja. Emanuele Valenti sul rischio di "scenario siriano"

In der Weltkirche ist der Papst vielen zu radikal. In Deutschland wird er dafür kritisiert, dass schönen Gesten keine Taten folgen. Das sei ungerecht, sagt der Journalist Marco Politi über Franziskus, der gerade seinen 85. Geburtstag beging.Marco Politi im Gespräch mit Julia Leywww.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, ReligionenDirekter Link zur Audiodatei

Warum Franziskus "umgeben von Wölfen ist", was das für Reformen innerhalb der katholischen Kirche bedeutet und inwiefern er dabei auch mal "merkelt" (Zitat Politi) - darüber redete Marco Politi am 5. Dezember in "Fragen an den Autor".

Marco Politi gilt als einer der renommiertesten Vatikankenner. Jetzt hat der deutsch-italienische Journalist sein neues Buch veröffentlicht: "Im Auge des Sturms". Er sagt: in der Corona-Pandemie hat die katholische Kirche die Menschen im Stich gelassen. Gleichzeitig zollt er Papst Franziskus Respekt. Wie passt das zusammen? Was für ein Mensch ist Franziskus? Was kann die Kirche aus der Krise lernen? Und wie arbeitet man eigentlich als Vatikankorrespondent?

Vaticaniste, Marco Politi observe le pape François à travers la crise sanitaire et publie "François, la peste et la renaissance" qui vient d'être publié aux éditions Philippe Rey.

Quel rôle le pape François joue-t-il dans la crise sanitaire ? Selon lui, elle a souligné trois menaces : l’inéquité, le nouvel esclavagisme des plus fragiles et la ruine de la nature. Vaticaniste, Marco Politi observe le pape François. Il est l’auteur de "François, la peste et la renaissance" qui vient d’être publié aux éditions Philippe Rey.  "Le moment pour chaque homme et femme de décider quel est le sens de sa vie" "Il y a des images qui touchent la mémoire et l’imagination du monde", selon Marco Politi. Parmi elles, il y a celle du 27 mars 2020, au début de l’épidémie, où l’on voit le pape François célébrer une messe seul, sur le parvis de la basilique Saint-Pierre. "Ce jour-là, le pape, dans la place vide a parlé à un monde désorienté et il n’a pas prêché pour dire qu’il y avait une punition de Dieu mais que c’était le moment pour chaque homme et femme de décider quel est le sens de sa vie, se souvient le vaticaniste. Il est devenu le porte parole des angoisses, des peurs et ça a frappé l’imagination des croyants." Pour Marco Politi, "le pape parle toujours à tous les hommes". "Le pape pense que Dieu est le père de tous, c’est pour ça qu’il s’entend très bien avec les autres croyants. Les gens qui ont des valeurs humanistes le comprennent très bien", estime-t-il. "Il donne une direction, après ça dépend des hommes et des femmes qui sont croyants et non croyants. Le pape dit que s’il y a quelque chose de mal sur le trottoir de l’autre coté de la rue, ça nous touche." Réformer le système économique pour plus de justice sociale Selon le vaticaniste, "il y a déjà une guerre civile sous terraine à l’intérieur de l’Église", avec des forces conservatrices et traditionnalistes qui empêchent François de réformer. "À l’intérieur, le pape a beaucoup travaillé pour porter l’Église dans une situation de transparence, une bonne gestion de l’argent. À l’extérieur, le pape dit qu’après cette crise il faut avoir un autre système économique. Cela veut dire s’engager pour qu’il n’y ait plus d’égalité. On doit surmonter cette injustice qui existe et s’engager contre la ruine de la nature", poursuit-il. Marco Politi estime que pour le pape, "il n’y a pas une dimension spirituelle qui est coupée d’une dimension sociale". 

Marco Politi, “Pianura”, Giulia Binazzi, “Quante storie”, Francesco Cataluccio su Antonio Iovane, “La seduta spiritica”. Guido Maria Brera, “Candido”.

«Noch nie gab es innerhalb der kirchlichen Hierarchie eine derart starke Opposition gegen einen amtierenden Papst wie jetzt gegen Franziskus», sagt der Journalist und Vatikan-Insider Marco Politi. Was bedeutet das für den Reformkurs der Kirche? Ein Gespräch. Er werde schweigen und beten, versprach Papst Benedikt XVI., als er 2013 zurücktrat. Aber Joseph Ratzinger hielt sich nicht daran. Wiederholt meldete er sich zu Wort. Zuletzt verteidigte er im Buch «Aus der Tiefe des Herzens» des Kardinals Robert Sarah den Zölibat. Nur wenige Wochen bevor sein Nachfolger Papst Franziskus den Forderungskatalog der Amazonas-Synode beantwortete. Einen Bruch mit dem Vorgänger riskierte Franziskus nicht. Auch bei der Frauenthematik wirkt Papst Franziskus zögerlich: Weder die Priesterinnenweihe noch das Amt der Diakoninnen scheinen in Griffnähe. Zu stark der Druck rundherum? Warum diese Zurückhaltung des Papstes? Wie gross ist die Macht seiner Gegenspieler wirklich? Und was bleibt von seinem Versprechen einer reformbedürftigen Kirche? Olivia Röllin im Gespräch mit Marco Politi, einem der bekanntesten Vatikanexperten und Autor des Buches «Das Franziskus-Komplott. Der einsame Papst und sein Kampf um die Kirche».

«Noch nie gab es innerhalb der kirchlichen Hierarchie eine derart starke Opposition gegen einen amtierenden Papst wie jetzt gegen Franziskus», sagt der Journalist und Vatikan-Insider Marco Politi. Was bedeutet das für den Reformkurs der Kirche? Ein Gespräch. Er werde schweigen und beten, versprach Papst Benedikt XVI., als er 2013 zurücktrat. Aber Joseph Ratzinger hielt sich nicht daran. Wiederholt meldete er sich zu Wort. Zuletzt verteidigte er im Buch «Aus der Tiefe des Herzens» des Kardinals Robert Sarah den Zölibat. Nur wenige Wochen bevor sein Nachfolger Papst Franziskus den Forderungskatalog der Amazonas-Synode beantwortete. Einen Bruch mit dem Vorgänger riskierte Franziskus nicht. Auch bei der Frauenthematik wirkt Papst Franziskus zögerlich: Weder die Priesterinnenweihe noch das Amt der Diakoninnen scheinen in Griffnähe. Zu stark der Druck rundherum? Warum diese Zurückhaltung des Papstes? Wie gross ist die Macht seiner Gegenspieler wirklich? Und was bleibt von seinem Versprechen einer reformbedürftigen Kirche? Olivia Röllin im Gespräch mit Marco Politi, einem der bekanntesten Vatikanexperten und Autor des Buches «Das Franziskus-Komplott. Der einsame Papst und sein Kampf um die Kirche».

Religions du Monde - Dimanche 15 mars 2020 - 10H10-11H (Heure de Paris) Le 13 mars 2013, François était élu pape. Remettre de l'ordre dans la Curie romaine, redonner un nouvel élan à la vie de l'Église : en désignant l'archevêque de Buenos Aires, les cardinaux ont opté pour un pape réformateur. En 7 ans, le pape François a ouvert un vaste chantier. Pour tirer le bilan de ses réformes, La Croix propose une série de 7 podcasts intitulés «Les 7 travaux du pape» présentés par Nicolas Senèze, correspondant permanent du quotidien au Vatican. Pour le 7ème anniversaire de l'élection de François, le vaticaniste italien Marco Politi - après le succès de son livre «François parmi les loups» (Philippe Rey 2015) - signe chez le même éditeur «La solitude de François». Cet essai très documenté raconte l’opposition à la «ligne François», non seulement au Vatican et au sein de l’Église mais aussi en Italie, en Europe et aux États-Unis. Crise migratoire : En situation difficile, dans le nord de la Syrie, et pour obliger Bruxelles à réagir, le président turc annonçait le 29 février 2020 l'ouverture de la frontière avec la Grèce. Une annonce qui a provoqué de nouveaux départs de migrants devenus plus que jamais monnaie d'échange dans le bras de fer engagé par le président Erdogan avec l’Europe. Deux jours plus tard, le 2 mars 2020, à Lesbos où vivent 25 000 réfugiés, une partie des habitants de l’île, dans un vent de colère, s’en est prise aux ONG. Sur la crise migratoire, Véronique Albanel, présidente du JRS-France, le Service jésuite des réfugiés.

Le pape François va célébrer ses sept ans de pontificat. Un pontificat marqué, pour le journaliste Marco Politi, par une certaine forme de solitude.

Marco Politi ist ein italienischer Journalist, der seit 40 Jahren über den Vatikan und die katholische Kirche berichtet. Politi gilt als bestens vernetzt, was umso wichtiger ist, als in der kirchlichen Hierarchie Verschwiegenheit als eine der wichtigsten Tugenden gilt. In seinem neuen Buch "Das Franziskus Komplott" beschreibt Politi, wie groß die Widerstände und Aversionen im Vatikan gegen den Papst aus Argentinien sind, welche konservativen Seilschaften ihn bekämpfen, wie seine Bilanz nach fast sieben Jahren Pontifikat aussieht.

Marco Politi ist ein italienischer Journalist, der seit 40 Jahren über den Vatikan und die katholische Kirche berichtet. Politi gilt als bestens vernetzt, was umso wichtiger ist, als in der kirchlichen Hierarchie Verschwiegenheit als eine der wichtigsten Tugenden gilt. In seinem neuen Buch "Das Franziskus Komplott" beschreibt Politi, wie groß die Widerstände und Aversionen im Vatikan gegen den Papst aus Argentinien sind, welche konservativen Seilschaften ihn bekämpfen, wie seine Bilanz nach fast sieben Jahren Pontifikat aussieht.

In seinem neuen Buch "Das Franziskus-Komplott" blickt Marco Politi auf den Vatikan und kommt zu dem Schluss: Oft weiß man gar nicht mehr, wer gegen wen und wer wofür kämpft. Der Papst jedenfalls, so Politi, fühle sich umzingelt. Moderation: Stefan Parrisius

Religions du Monde - Dimanche 9 février 2020 - 10h10-11h00 (Heure de Paris) Le pape François n’a pas repris dans son exhortation apostolique « Chère Amazonie » la proposition des évêques, votée à la majorité des deux-tiers lors du synode sur l’Amazonie en octobre 2019, en faveur de l’ordination d’hommes mariés pour pallier le manque de prêtres. Le vaticaniste italien Marco Politi y voit comme d’autres observateurs du pontificat de François sa difficulté à réaliser des réformes majeures et une victoire du clan conservateur. Notre invité le père François Glory, prêtre des Missions étrangères de Paris, qui a vécu trente ans en Amazonie, se félicite en revanche du silence du pape sur cette question. Non pas dans une posture conservatrice, tout au contraire, il estime que l’ordination d’hommes mariés renforcerait le cléricalisme que le pape précisément combat, un cléricalisme qui s’exercerait en Amazonie au détriment des femmes pilier de la vie de l’Eglise. Pour cet ancien missionnaire en terre amazonienne, le problème n’est pas le manque de prêtres. Et l’avenir de l’Eglise catholique dans cette région du monde se joue dans la vitalité des petites communautés de laïcs.Avec la participation d’Elcio Ramalho, journaliste au service Brésil de RFI. Le Colloque des imams d’Europe pour la lutte contre la radicalisation, premier du genre, rassemblera à Paris du 17 au 20 février une soixantaine d’imams français et de la communauté européenne. Trois jours de travaux pour répondre à une urgence selon son organisateur l’imam Hassen Chalgoumi, président de la Conférence des imams de France. Ce colloqueorganisé avec le concours de l’Université d’Al Azhars’ouvrira mardi avec le dépôt d’une gerbe devant le Bataclan. « L’habit fait–il le croyant ? » Alors que le port du voile islamique fait l’objet de débats et polémiques récurrents, Le Monde des Religions s’interroge dans son dossier du mois sur la signification des vêtements dans les religions et le langage qu’ils véhiculent. Car aucun vêtement n’est neutre.Virginie larousse , rédactrice en chef du Monde des religions.

Religions du Monde - Dimanche 19 janvier 2020 - 10h10-11h00 Polémique autour de la sortie du livre de Benoît XVI et du cardinal Robert Sarah sur le célibat des prêtres.Publié avant la publication des conclusions du synode sur l’Amazonie qui pourraient ouvrir la voie à l’ordination de diacres mariés dans des zones reculées, le livre pose pour la première fois la question du statut d’un pape émérite : Marco Politi, vaticaniste, auteur de « François parmi les loups » et qui doit publier au printemps en France « La solitude du pape François ». PMA pour toutes : dernières mobilisations. Alors que le projet de loi approuvé par le Parlement doit être examiné la semaine prochaine par le Sénat, Mgr Michel Aupetit archevêque de Paris publie un communiqué dans lequel il affirme « qu’on ne peut infliger à un enfant l’absence de père », et demande au législateur de « se ressaisir ». Dans le même temps, la Manif pour tous appelle à une manifestation à Paris ce dimanche 19 janvier 2020 contre la PMA et la GPA. Disparition de Jean Delumeau. Le grand historien qui a consacré ses travaux aux grandes peurs qui ont imprégné l’Occident chrétien est décédé le 13 janvier à 96 ans. Rediffusion d’un entretien qui avait eu lieu, en décembre 2015, au Collège de France où il occupait la Chaire d’histoire des mentalités religieuses de l’Occident moderne. Il venait de publier « L’avenir de Dieu » (CNRS).

Il Papa abolisce il segreto Pontificio sui casi di abuso sui minori, ne parliamo col vaticanista Marco Politi. Il planetologo Enrico Flamini sul lancio del satellite italiano Cosmo SkyMed. I consolati onorari di Amburgo e a Brema, due casi di servizi efficienti ai connazionali in Germania.

Ricordo di Remo Bodei - Con Felice Cimatti ,Roberto Esposito e Michelina Borsari - "La solitudine di Bergoglio" Con Felice Cimatti e Marco Politi

1-Caos Brexit. Il parlamento britannico ha bocciato per la terza volta l'accordo con l'ue. Mancano due settimana a un no deal. ..Theresa May non eslcude la partecipazione della gran bretagna alle europee. Lo speciale di Esteri. ( Alessandra Puppi- Intervista a Richard Partington del Guardian) ..2-Algeria. Sesto venerdi di mobilitazione contro il regime...Milioni di manifestanti in piazza. Oggi per la prima volta slogan contro i vertici militari accusati di voler mantenere lo status quo. ..3-Turchia. Elezioni ammministrative domenica. La crisi economima potrebbe fare perdere a erdogan alcune città importanti. ..( Serena Tarabini) ..4-Racconti dalla Siria. Tra le macerie di raqqa, ex capitale dell'isis, conquistata dalle milizie curde. ( Benedetta Argentieri) ..5-Vaticano. Stretta di Papa Francesco sulla pedofilia. ..Varate le norme anti abusi. ( Marco Politi) ..6-Marzo, il mese della memoria per l'america latina. Il caso bolsonaro. ( Alfredo Somoza) ..7-Era la pioniera della nouvelle vague. È morta a 90 anni agnès Varda. ( Barbara Sorrentini)

1-Caos Brexit. Il parlamento britannico ha bocciato per la terza volta l’accordo con l’ue. Mancano due settimana a un no deal. ..Theresa May non eslcude la partecipazione della gran bretagna alle europee. Lo speciale di Esteri. ( Alessandra Puppi- Intervista a Richard Partington del Guardian) ..2-Algeria. Sesto venerdi di mobilitazione contro il regime...Milioni di manifestanti in piazza. Oggi per la prima volta slogan contro i vertici militari accusati di voler mantenere lo status quo. ..3-Turchia. Elezioni ammministrative domenica. La crisi economima potrebbe fare perdere a erdogan alcune città importanti. ..( Serena Tarabini) ..4-Racconti dalla Siria. Tra le macerie di raqqa, ex capitale dell’isis, conquistata dalle milizie curde. ( Benedetta Argentieri) ..5-Vaticano. Stretta di Papa Francesco sulla pedofilia. ..Varate le norme anti abusi. ( Marco Politi) ..6-Marzo, il mese della memoria per l’america latina. Il caso bolsonaro. ( Alfredo Somoza) ..7-Era la pioniera della nouvelle vague. È morta a 90 anni agnès Varda. ( Barbara Sorrentini)

1-Caos Brexit. Il parlamento britannico ha bocciato per la terza volta l’accordo con l’ue. Mancano due settimana a un no deal. ..Theresa May non eslcude la partecipazione della gran bretagna alle europee. Lo speciale di Esteri. ( Alessandra Puppi- Intervista a Richard Partington del Guardian) ..2-Algeria. Sesto venerdi di mobilitazione contro il regime...Milioni di manifestanti in piazza. Oggi per la prima volta slogan contro i vertici militari accusati di voler mantenere lo status quo. ..3-Turchia. Elezioni ammministrative domenica. La crisi economima potrebbe fare perdere a erdogan alcune città importanti. ..( Serena Tarabini) ..4-Racconti dalla Siria. Tra le macerie di raqqa, ex capitale dell’isis, conquistata dalle milizie curde. ( Benedetta Argentieri) ..5-Vaticano. Stretta di Papa Francesco sulla pedofilia. ..Varate le norme anti abusi. ( Marco Politi) ..6-Marzo, il mese della memoria per l’america latina. Il caso bolsonaro. ( Alfredo Somoza) ..7-Era la pioniera della nouvelle vague. È morta a 90 anni agnès Varda. ( Barbara Sorrentini)

KAMPEN OM DEN KATOLSKE KIRKENS SJEL 90 % av befolkningen i Polen er katolsk. Mange av dem ser med gru på pave Frans sitt budskap om toleranse og dialog. Kan den pan-europeiske, nasjonalistiske bevegelsen splitte den katolske kirken? Ekspertene er urolige. I dagens sending treffer du Marco Politi, forfatteren bak bestselgeren "Frans blant ulvene". I studio kommer NUPI-forsker Jakub Godzimirski og Jane Skjoldi fra UiB for å drøfte utviklingen i Polen. I tillegg fortsetter vi vår serie om dannelse, i dag med Kjersti Thobjørnsrud. Programleder: Mathias Nylenna

Patriarch Kirill is in the UK to mark 300 years of the Russian Orthodox church in Britain. However his audience with the Queen has been criticised by those who see him as an ally of President Putin at a fractious time for Anglo-Russian relations over Syria. Trevor Barnes reports. In Aleppo, Sister Annie Demerjian and her volunteers risk their lives as they deliver aid to the sick and elderly. She tells Edward how airstrikes make life there unbearable for those unable to leave. Within a year or so, the majority of Catholic Cardinals, who will elect the next Pope, are likely to have been appointed by Pope Francis. Veteran Vatican journalist Marco Politi tells Edward that recent appointments point towards a conclave composed of fewer traditionalists than ever before. Rahul Tandon reports on proposals by the Indian government to end the practice of triple talaq, which allows Muslim men to divorce their wives by saying "talaq" three times. Simon Jenkins has been on a tour of 53 Anglican and Catholic cathedrals. He tells Edward about his favourite buildings and how he went about ranking the cathedrals for his new guide, 'England's Cathedrals'. York Minster has the largest number of bells of any English Cathedral but this week it was announced they are to remain silent. Edward finds out why. While Donald Trump's campaign battles with allegations about his attitude towards women many high profile evangelicals have withdrawn their support. Sociologist Prof Tony Campolo and Jan Harper-Hayes from Republican Overseas give their views on whether evangelical Christians should continue to support Trump. Producers: Amanda Hancox Peter Everett Image: kremlin.ru.

con: Marco Politi vaticanista, Ignazio Ingrao di Panorama, Marco Tarquinio direttore di Avvenire, Enzo Bianchi priore comunità di Bose

con: Marco Politi vaticanista, Ignazio Ingrao di Panorama, Marco Tarquinio direttore di Avvenire, Emiliano Fittipaldi de L'Espresso, Lorenzo Fazio editore Chiarelettere, Giulia Bongiorno avvocatessa di Francesca Chaouqui

Marco Politi, Italian author and journalist at il Fatto Quotidiano, discusses the politics behind the papal visit to the United States next week.

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TESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜  https://www.bastabugie.it/it/articoli.php?id=2783MORTO DON GALLO: O BELLO... CIAO!Fanatico di Che Guevara, favorevole ad aborto, eutanasia, matrimonio omosessuale, droga libera e alla farfallina di Belen ''perché il Paese vuole vedere le gambe e il sedere'', diceva...da Unione Cristiani Cattolici RazionaliSi è spento nella sua Genova e a 84 anni, dopo una lunga malattia, don Andrea Gallo. Era stato dimesso dall'ospedale e ha vissuto gli ultimi momenti nella comunità di San Benedetto al Porto che lui stesso aveva fondato alla metà degli anni'70 ospitando poveri ed emarginati. Ci uniamo al cordoglio dei suoi cari e delle persone che si sono sentite da lui volute bene.Non possiamo tuttavia evitare di tratteggiare quello che ha rappresentato pubblicamente questo sacerdote dal nostro punto di vista. Non ne emerge un profilo positivo e siamo consapevoli di non essere in linea con la fiera dei media e dei vip che in queste ore sta sprecando elogi, ma ci interessa ovviamente molto poco. Don Gallo ha certamente aiutato tante persone come ogni giorno fanno tantissimi sacerdoti nell'ombra e nel nascondimento. Ma lo ha fatto davanti alle telecamere costruendosi un personaggio, mediatico, mentre il ruolo del sacerdote è quello di portare a Cristo e alla Chiesa, e non a sé.Ancor meno positiva è la sua costante denigrazione della Chiesa, condanna pronunciata dall'alto della sua celebrata e riconosciuta attenzione ai poveri. Un ricatto emotivo che ha condizionato molti, purtroppo. Anche Giuda, nei Vangeli, sgridava chi lavava i piedi di Gesù con un olio costoso, invitando ad usare quei soldi per aiutare i poveri. Papa Francesco ha commentato: «Questo è il primo riferimento che ho trovato io, nel Vangelo, della povertà come ideologia». Esaltato dal "Fatto Quotidiano" e dalla cultura anticattolica di cui è portavoce il quotidiano di Padellaro, è stato da loro miseramente sfruttato (e lo è anche in queste ore) per chiari interessi antipapisti e anticlericali. Purtroppo ha voluto lasciarsi usare, questa è la differenza tra lui e don Lorenzo Milani, che invece rispondeva così al laicismo che lo portava in trionfo: «Ma che dei vostri! Io sono un prete e basta! In che cosa la penso come voi? Questa Chiesa è quella che possiede i sacramenti. L'assoluzione dei peccati non me la dà mica "L'Espresso". E la comunione e la Messa me la danno loro? Devono rendersi conto che loro non sono nella condizione di poter giudicare e criticare queste cose. Non sono qualificati per dare giudizi. Devono snobbarmi, dire che sono ingenuo e demagogo, non onorarmi come uno di loro. Perché di loro non sono». Don Gallo ha invece sempre cercato l'applauso del mondo, mai prendendo le distanze da chi lo usava come clava contro Giovanni Paolo II e Benedetto XVI.Favorevole a tutto ciò a cui papa Francesco è contrario, dall'aborto all'eutanasia. Favorevole al Papa gay e alla farfallina di Belen, perché «il Paese vuole vedere le gambe e il sedere», favorevole al matrimonio omosessuale salvo poi legare l'omosessualità alla pedofilia: «Il prete omosessuale deve poter essere libero di esprimere la sua identità e la sua sessualità, altrimenti si reprime e arriva alla pedofilia». Una frase omofoba e violenta, questa sì, che però non ha provocato alcun scandalo, nessuna protesta da parte omosessuale, nessun anatema sui media. Si provi a pensare cosa sarebbe successo se a pronunciarla fosse stato un qualsiasi altro sacerdote.Orgoglioso comunista e partigiano, la società secolarizzata lo ha incredibilmente sempre sostenuto nella sua continua violazione della laicità: da sempre immanicato con il potere politico genovese e non solo, sosteneva platealmente la rappresentanza che più si avvicinava alla sua ideologia politica tanto da essere definito dai quotidiani della destra il «king maker del centrosinistra». Benediceva l'assalto violento alla Mondadori del 2010, cantava "Bella ciao" al termine della S. Messa, sprecava consigli politici ai politici («avevo incontrato Marta Vincenzi in dicembre e le avevo consigliato di non candidarsi alle primarie», diceva), ma mai nessun giornalista del "Fatto", nessun Marco Politi ebbe mai nulla da ridire per questa pesante e continua ingerenza, mentre gli ipocriti si stracciano le vesti se il card. Bagnasco consiglia semplicemente di votare tenendo presente «i valori che saranno a fondamento della vita». La laicità evidentemente possono violarla soltanto i sacerdoti antipapisti.Fanatico di Che Guevara più che di Gesù Cristo, il suo motto è racchiuso in questa frase: «La Chiesa si dovrebbe invece convincere che viviamo in un villaggio post cristiano. Spero che abbia il coraggio di cambiare qualcosa», ovvero la Chiesa deve abbandonare le sue posizioni e farsi dettare l'agenda dagli uomini, come se Gesù avesse detto: "Ah, la maggioranza degli ebrei non mi riconosce come Messia? Allora cambio e dico qualcosa di diverso». Ma questa è una posizione atea che non riconosce nella Chiesa un'autorità al di sopra del contingente scorrere del tempo, significa negare l'autorità del Pontefice, del tutto legittimo ma non per un prete cattolico. Per questo sono nel giusto coloro che lo accusano così: i suoi contenuti "non sono religiosi ma politici, non cristiani ma comunisti".Questo è il nostro giudizio sul personaggio pubblico don Andrea Gallo, In ogni caso rimane comunque ben presente un riconoscimento di stima per tutte le persone che ha cristianamente aiutato. Arrivederci don Andrea!

Summary of today's show: The media rumors are swirling about who's in the running for the papacy and the speculation this past weekend swirled around Cardinal Seán in journalistic chatter around Rome. Scot Landry and Fr. Michael Harrington discuss the talk and the qualities that might make Cardinal Seán a consideration in the conclave. Then on the day before The Light Is On For You begins again for Lent, they discuss the Sacrament of Reconciliation and God's mercy and love extended for the forgiveness of those who seek Him. Listen to the show: Watch the show via live video streaming or a recording later: Today's host(s): Scot Landry Today's guest(s): Fr. Michael Harrington Links from today's show: Today's topics: Buzz about Cardinal Seán as papabile and the Sacrament of Confession 1st segment: Scot Landry welcomed everyone to the show. He talked about a story over the weekend from John Allen, who covers the Vatican for the National Catholic Reporter newspaper and is considered one of the leading Vaticanists in the US. Allen wrote that the “buzz grows in Rome” for Cardinal Seán. First, Scot played a clip from Cardinal Seán at a press conference last week on what he's looking for in the next pope as he looks at the other cardinals to choose from in the upcoming conclave. He listed the things the new pope should have, which ends up being essentially a list that would make a superpastor: A leader with deep faith energy Passion organizational skills cultural experience who inspires the young facility with languages Scot and Fr. Michael Harrington both agreed that Cardinal Seán himself has many of these same qualities. Fr. Mike said he is also not afraid to introduce new programs and to be an evangelizer in new ways to introduce the faith. Scot said he's happy and willing to try new things. Some have worked out well, others less so. Fr. Mike said he's often the first to try new initiatives, like setting up the first blog by a cardinal, the first to set up a catholic media secretariat in his diocese, the first to take on a pastoral plan the size of Disciples in Mission, focused on evangelization. Scot said he received many emails from friends today telling him about Allen's story. Here's what Allen wrote: For a long time, conventional wisdom held that an American could not be elected to the Throne of Peter because you can't have a “superpower pope.” Not only do the Americans already have too much power, or so the theory went, but a shadow would hang over the papacy as part of the world would suspect its decisions were being secretly crafted by the CIA. In the early 21st century, however, some of the air has gone out of that bias, because the United States is no longer the world's lone superpower. As a result, for the first time an American seems thinkable. While the U.S. media has focused on Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York as the most plausible, if still remote, American prospect, another name has generated a surprising degree of buzz in the Italian press: Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston, partly on the strength of his profile as a reformer on the church's sexual abuse scandals, and partly because of his Capuchin simplicity as a perceived antidote to the Vatican's reputation for intrigue and power games. Here's a sampling of what's been in the Italian papers over the last few days vis-à-vis the 68-year-old Capuchin cardinal of Boston. Marco Politi One of Italy's most-cited Vatican writers, Marco Politi gave an interview on Feb. 14 to the Suddeutsche Zeitung, the main daily in Munich, in which he was asked who the favorites are heading into the conclave. He replied: “There are no favorites. It's not like 2005, when there was a clear candidate in Ratzinger and a strong contrast in Martini. The situation is very fragmented, and there are many papabili. There's Cardinal Scola of Milan, and Cardinal Ouellet who heads the Congregation for Bishops. There are candidates from South America, as well as outsiders such as Cardinal O'Malley of Boston and Cardinal Erdo of Budapest. There's not yet any aggregation of votes.” AGI The “Italian Journalistic Agency,” or AGI, ran a piece three days ago on the church's “champions” in the fight against clerical abuse, lauding O'Malley for “restoring credibility to the church after the ‘escape' to Rome of his predecessor, Bernard Law, pursued by legal causes seeking compensation (to compensate the victims, O'Malley sold the archbishop's residence and moved to live in a small room at the seminary).” Arena Published in Verona, Arena had a run-down today of probable candidates for the papacy from outside Italy. “In the United States, the most likely figures are Timothy Dolan, the exuberant archbishop of New York, and Sean O'Malley, the archbishop of Boston,” it said. Il Giornale Last Tuesday, the day after Benedict's surprise announcement, Il Giornale published a run-down of possible popes. “There are diverse names of non-Europeans,” it said. “Among them, the name of the Capuchin archbishop of Boston, Sean O'Malley, is prominent, who resolved a situation rendered fairly dramatic not only by sexual abuses committed by priests but also by the cover-ups by his predecessor, Bernard Law. In recent weeks, among other things, Benedict XVI called to Rome as Promoter of Justice in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with responsibility for these cases, the ‘right hand' of O'Malley, Father Robert Oliver.” La Stampa Writing yesterday, Vatican-watcher Giacomo Galeazzi said that the candidate “indicated from the American bishops seems to be the courageous Capuchin friar O'Malley, the only cardinal, with the Archbishop of Vienna Christoph Schönborn, to publicly defend the victims of pedophilia (like Pope Benedict, who gave priority to efforts to render justice to those injured both in the soul and the body, and to relieve their suffering as much as possible) when the dean of the College of Cardinals, Angelo Sodano, defined the scandal as “petty gossip” in an embarrassing salute to the pope in 2010.” Paolo Rodari The well-regarded Vatican writer Paolo Rodari treated O'Malley at greatest length in a blog post last Saturday. “There are many who ask themselves if the next pope will be a Capuchin,” Rodari wrote. “On paper, the Capuchins have the numbers for giving the papacy a turning point. They're close to the people, they don't have a ‘clerical' mentality, they emphasize collaboration with the laity, and they have an attractively simple model of life. Those are three characteristics cut out for a church that's paid a high price for its scandals. … O'Malley is a humble prelate, which is no bad thing in a Roman Curia that's suffering not just a few financial difficulties. It's no accident that he's a Prince of the Church who prefers his simple brown Capuchin habit to the sartorial splendor to which his office entitles him. He's a cardinal who loves to dialogue with his faithful through Twitter, and uses his personal blog as an important instrument not only of communication but for meeting everybody, the faithful and even non-believers.” Scot said these are strong endorsements and credible articles by six leading publications in Italy. Fr. Mike said it shows anything is possible. He said when the cardinals sit down, they will discuss what are the emerging issues at this time for the Church and what does the Church need now. Scot said this all brings it out of the realm that a Pope Sean is a non-starter. He said there's a greater than zero chance of an American pope this time for various reasons. John Allen continues: I can confirm the O'Malley buzz from personal experience. Right now, it's tough for an American journalist to walk into the Vatican Press Office without fielding questions from colleagues about him. At the moment, this is basically journalistic chatter. The real action will begin next week, when most of the cardinals will be in town for Benedict XVI's big farewell on Feb. 28. We'll see then if O'Malley has serious traction as a candidate. As the cardinals from other parts of the world start to take a serious look, they're likely to see both promising qualities in O'Malley and question marks. On the plus side, many cardinals have said they'd like a pope with a global vision, sensitive to the church outside the West where two-thirds of Catholics today live. O'Malley has a Ph.D. in Spanish and Portuguese literature, and has long experience of ministering to both Hispanics and Haitians. He worked in Chile as a priest, and served as the Bishop of St. Thomas in the Caribbean. He's deeply attached to many of the devotions popular at the Catholic grassroots across the developing world. O'Malley has at least a basic command of Italian, seen by most as a prerequisite for serving as the Bishop of Rome. O'Malley's simplicity isn't just a matter of wearing his brown habit, or insisting on being called “Cardinal Sean.” By reputation he's not given to building empires or playing political games, and on the back of the Vatileaks mess, ongoing questions about the Vatican Bank, and other perceived Vatican imbroglios, that profile could strike some cardinals as just what the doctor ordered. Despite his overall image as a moderate, O'Malley is by-the-book when it comes to matters of Catholic orthodoxy and is especially committed to the pro-life cause, making him attractive to cardinals concerned that the church hold the line on its positions in the culture wars. O'Malley is also passionate about the “New Evangelization,” expressed not only in his use of Twitter and blogs, but in his general approach to the role of a bishop. Certainly O'Malley's image as a house-cleaner on the sex abuse crisis doesn't hurt. Ironically, the best spokesperson for the O'Malley campaign at the moment may be his fellow American, Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles, who, fairly or not, has become the latest symbol of the church's failures. Controversy over his presence at the conclave has spread across the Atlantic; this week the widely read Italian magazine Famiglia Cristiana has a cover package on “The Mahony Case,” including an on-line poll for readers to vote as to whether Mahony ought to participate in the election of the next pope. In that context, many cardinals may feel special pressure to pick a pope seen as having “clean hands” on the sex abuse crisis. Those positives, however, come intertwined with some features of O'Malley's biography that may give cardinals pause. For one thing, O'Malley has zero experience in the Vatican. While that means he's not identified with its recent meltdowns, it may also mean some cardinals will wonder if he'd be out of his depth trying to get the place under control, perhaps overly dependent on veteran insiders to get things done. For another, O'Malley is a sensitive soul who occasionally has seemed to struggle under the burden of office. In 2004, facing not only sex abuse litigation but also a painful round of parish closings, he put out an anguished letter to Boston Catholics in which he wrote: “At times I ask God to call me home and let someone else finish this job, but I keep waking up in the morning to face another day of reconfiguration.” On the heels of a pope who just resigned because he felt he no longer had the strength to do the job, some cardinals may wonder if O'Malley possesses the steel to withstand the burdens of the papacy. It's worth noting that O'Malley's record on the abuse crisis has not played to universal praise. The victims' group SNAP faulted him for delaying release of the names of accused priests in Boston, asserting that O'Malley “belatedly and begrudgingly posted a very partial list with minimal information, using hair-splitting excuses for not being more prompt or thorough.” Finally, while 34 previous popes have come from religious orders, there hasn't been one since the 19th century, and there's never been a Capuchin. In some circles, there's a belief that under ordinary circumstances popes ought to come out of diocesan structures rather than religious orders, on the grounds that the diocese represents the ordinary pastoral setting most people experience. In addition, the Capuchins themselves have usually held that they really shouldn't become bishops at all except in mission territories. Among the keenest devotees of tradition in the College of Cardinals, there might be some reluctance along these lines. Scot recapped that Allen talks about Cardinal Seán's strengths, including his connection to other cultures. He said Cardinal Seán comes alive when he speaks with and greets people from other countries and new immigrants. Fr. Mike said Cardinal Seán has the heart of an evangelist and loves working with young people. On the other hand, he said Allen notes that this is all journalistic chatter and in the conclave, it will be the Holy Spirit who cuts through politics and chatter to select the right pope. Scot said he confesses to being partial to Cardinal Seán, to respect his style of leadership, and how he dealt with the sexual abuse crisis, especially in being pastoral toward victims. One of the best ways to make disciples of all nations is to go out and love them and Cardinal Seán exemplifies that. Scot said there were three things he didn't like about the column. First, it is the use of a political word to describe Cardinal Seán as a moderate. He is completely orthodox, not trying to be ideological in anyway. Second, on the criticism of SNAP against Cardinal Seán, Scot has never heard them say a positive word about a bishop. Third, that as a religious Cardinal Seán doesn't have diocesan experience, given that he's been a diocesan bishop for almost 30 years. Fr. Mike confirmed that Cardinal Seán has a keen sense of how to be a diocesan priest with a pastor's heart. Scot asked listeners to pray for Pope Benedict and all the cardinals, but also to pray specifically for Cardinal Seán now as this article places a spotlight on him that he doesn't want, which unleashes both cheerleading and criticism from all sides. 2nd segment: Scot said starting tomorrow and for all the following Wednesday of Lent, all parishes and chapels of the archdiocese will be open for confession from 6:30pm to 8pm as part of the Light Is On For You initiative. Come back to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Bishop Robert Hennessey, an auxiliary bishop of Boston, leads this effort. Scot emphasized that the website TheLightIsOnForYou.org is a resource for much information on Penance. He noted some of the great lines that Bishop Hennessey gives in the video. He noted that confession is liking hitting the reset button. He said the story of the Prodigal Son is really the story of the Loving Father, who sprints out to his son who has been away, willing to forgive the ways he has hurt him. Fr. Mike said confession is one of God's greatest gifts to His Children. The bishop mentioned the excuses people give about being away so long or being embarrassed or thinking God can't forgive them, and Fr. Mike has heard them all. The Church across the country is embracing this initiative to tell people that they're wrong about this. Fr. Mike said if you're hearing those voices in your heart, that is not the voice of the Holy Spirit, but of the devil. He says every listener should go take advantage of the great gift of Reconciliation. The priest is waiting to receive and give you the loving mercy of God. Scot said if you don't know the prayers or what to do the priest is there to help you. Fr. Mike related a story of going to a juvenile delinquent institution. He heard the confessions of teens who had done some very bad things. As he tried to offer forgiveness, each would deny that God could forgive them and he wondered how he could break through to convince them that God would forgive them. Eventually, he started to ask if they were greater than God. When they would say No, he told them that no matter what their mountain of sins, God is greater than any sin they could commit. Scot said God is always reaching out to us to call us home to the confessional, no matter how long we have been away from him. Now, Scot shared CatholicTV's Fr. Robert Reed's message about confession: Scot said we can't be the person God has created us to be if we're burdened by all the sins we've accumulated since our last confession. Fr. Mike said so many are coming back to confession and so many young people. Whenever he's at a youth event, there are long lines of young people waiting to go to the sacrament of confession. Scot added that there are many humorous videos on TheLightIsOnForYou.org as well, including one from Matt Weber, who has been a guest on TGCL. Scot said a wonderful line: “I don't like going to confession, but I love coming from confession.” Scot talked about going to St. Anthony's Shrine on a regular basis and doesn't think he's had the same priest twice in more than a year. Fr. Mike said it's better to go to a regular confessor, like a spiritual director, who can help someone get through their spiritual barriers, but if that's the obstacle then just go. Fr. Mike emphasized that there will be a priest in every church and chapel on every Wednesday from 6:30pm to 8pm waiting for you to bring to you the loving mercy of God. Scot encouraged everyone to be an apostle of confession, going to confession and sharing the testimony of how it felt to be cleansed.

Due attenti osservatori della realtà italiana si confrontano su una delle tematiche più importanti e urgenti della nostra società: quella della necessità di un dialogo tra pensiero cattolico e pensiero laico, a partire dai grandi temi sociali – dalla famiglia all'istruzione – sino ai temi morali e alla scienza. L'incontro fra un cattolico e un laico, con posizioni e idee diverse, ma con la comune convinzione della necessità di un dialogo aperto e costruttivo