from Ilsussidiario.net Benedict XVI will beatify John Paul II on Sunday, the day that JPII himself wanted to call the Day of Divine Mercy and that will be marked by a large celebration of the faith. “I think that Wojtyla was the Pope of freedom and the Saint of freedom” said Angelo Scola, the Patriarch [...]

from Ilsussidiario.net march, 30th 2011 At the Angelus yesterday, Benedict XVI made an appeal “to those who have political and military responsibilities for the immediate initiation of a dialogue, which suspends the use of weapons.” “May peace return as soon as possible for these people and further tragedies be stopped”,  Cardinal Angelo Scola, Patriarch of [...]

There follows an interview with His Excellency Cardinal Angelo Scola, Patriarch of Venice, which was published in the Corriere della Sera on Friday 7 January, edited by M. Antonietta Calabrò Yesterday twenty-one red roses, twenty-one ‘rosebuds’, were offered to the altar of the Nicopeia Madonna in St. Mark’s  Basilica at the end of the mass [...]

X Jubilee Conference on: The role of the Catholic Church in the process of European integration The Christian contribution to the European Integration Process Cracow, 10-11 September 2010 Introductory remarks Card. Angelo Scola Patriarch of Venices 1. European identity and integration If we are to attempt to respond as concisely as possible to the topic [...]

Studium Generale Marcianum Venezia ASSET – Alta Scuola Società Economia Teologia International Summer School/ Venice, September 6th-10th 2010  THE “NEW RIGHTS” IN THE EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN PUBLIC SPACE  Rethinking Rights in a Plural Society + Angelo Card. Scola Patriarch of Venice 1. The Summer School as an occasion and the role of Asset The Summer [...]

Tanslation by  Giorgio Cini Foundation Dialoghi di San Giorgio – Inaugural Event – Venice, 13 September 2010 Protecting nature or saving creation? Ecological conflicts and religious passions   Card. Angelo Scola Patriarch of Venice 1. A cue from Mahler “O Schönheit! O ewigen Liebens, Lebens trunk’ne Welt!”: “O beauty, O world drunk with eternal love and [...]

 August 25,  2010 Participant: His Excellency Cardinal Angelo Scola, Patriarch of Venice. Introduced by Giancarlo Cesana, Professor of Hygiene at University of Milano Bicocca. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPFKihHKn2o

from Reuters.com july, 1th 2010 The French National Assembly begins debating a complete ban on Muslim full face veils in public next week and could outlaw them by the autumn. Belgium’s lower house of parliament has passed a draft ban and could banish them from its streets in the coming months if its Senate agrees. [...]

from John L Allen Jr’s blog June 7, 2010 The murder of Bishop Padovese shocked the Christian world, especially in the Middle East. Do you believe this was the act of an isolated madman, or was there something more behind it? Personally, I don’t know anything beyond what’s been in the newspapers about whether this [...]

The Scientific Committee of the Oasis International Foundation FOYER NOTRE DAME DU MONT, THE LEBANON, 21-22 JUNE 2009 EDUCATION BETWEEN FAITH AND CULTURE: CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM EXPERIENCES IN DIALOGUE EDUCATION AS PAIDEIA. A PROPOSAL FOR OUR TIME + Card. Angelo Scola, Patriarch of Venice At the beginning of the deliberations of the Scientific Committee of [...]