Newsletter nº 030, January 2010

  Looking back to 1945 it is odd to discover the public reaction to the allies’ victory was principally marked by humility. This strikes us as odd because something has changed. In the years following the war, “a different ethos came to the fore, which the sociologists call ‘expressive individualism.’ Instead of being humble before God and history, moral salvation could be found through intimate contact with oneself and by exposing the beauty, the power and the divinity within.” This is the world in which we live and it’s good to know it.
  David Brooks   English |+|

  El cristianismo no es una doctrina jurídica; tampoco política. Sin embargo, la influencia del cristianismo en la configuración del derecho a lo largo de la historia es un hecho indiscutible, lo cual no quiere decir que la interrelación entre estos dos ámbitos se haya siempre realizado de una manera correcta.
  Rafael García Pérez   Español |+|

  With his typical wit and erudition Chesterton presents Christianity as the best answer to a series of interlocking riddles that live in every human heart. (Part I - 00:21:40)
  G.K. Chesterton  English |+|

  Jeff Glor from CBS News shows the destruction and subsequent desperation throughout Haiti after the devastating earthquake.
  Probably more than 100,000 dead and 3,000,000 injured and homeless: it is but a glimpse of the aftermath of the Richter 7.3 earthquake that devastated Haiti, the poorest country of the western hemisphere.
  Benedict XVI manifested his proximity to those who suffer from this great calamity, asking God for consolation and relief. He also asks everyone for generosity and solidarity.
 CBS News English |+|

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