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Massimo Faggioli

@massimofaggioli.bsky.social
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Historian and theologian, professor at Villanova University. Byline @commonwealmagazine.org, Global Catholic, Il Regno, et alii. Italian allergic to coffee, gelateria Catholic. Views my own.

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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 9h
honored to be part of this panel discussion today at the conference of “Forum 2000” in Prague
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 13h
mio articolo per il "Giornale di Brescia" sulla notizia data da Leone XIV stesso ieri sulla sua salute www.giornaledibrescia.it/opinioni/la-...
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La salute del papa in un mondo nel caos
Oggi, ancora meno di prima, la salute del pontefice non è solo una questione interna alla chiesa: fa capire la fragilità delle forze impegnate a gestire i rapporti con l’America, ma non solo
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 13h
contento di poter contribuire a questa nuova iniziativa, "Fines", con questa intervista a Guido Dotti fines.me/la-chiesa-ne...
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La chiesa negli USA e le popolazioni native. Intervista a Massimo Faggioli – Fines
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Louis Berger @ajournomento.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Auf Deutsch: Knut Wenzels bei Herder erschienene „Einführung“; auf Englisch: John W. O’Malleys „What happened at Vatican II“. Für einzelne Themen das „Oxford Handbook of Vatican II“ (u.a. herausgegeben von @massimofaggioli.bsky.social).
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Das Zweite Vatikanische Konzil | eBook | Online kaufen
Das Zweite Vatikanische Konzil: Eine Einführung ✔ eBook von Knut Wenzel ✔ eBook (PDF) ✔ 380 S. ➤ Online kaufen bei Herder.de!
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The biographical aspect is important for understanding the pontificate of Leo XIV. But for those who want to understand what is happening in the big picture —especially between the Vatican and the United States—I recommend this book (soon to be available in other languages ​​as well).
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Louis Berger @ajournomento.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Das vatikanische Staatssekretariat hat ein Machtwort gesprochen: „Alle anderen Ritterorden […] werden vom Heiligen Stuhl nicht anerkannt.“ press.vatican.va/content/sala...
„Klarstellung des Staatssekretariats

Der Heilige Stuhl und die Ritterorden

Angesichts zahlreicher Bitten um Auskunft bezüglich der Haltung des Heiligen Stuhls gegenüber Ritterorden, die sich nach Heiligen benannt haben oder religiöse Namen tragen, sieht sich dieses Staatssekretariat veranlasst, erneut zu bestätigen, was bereits in der Vergangenheit veröffentlicht wurde:

Außer den eigenen Ritterorden (Christusorden, Orden vom Golden Sporn, Piusorden, Orden des heiligen Gregor des Großen und Orden des heiligen Papstes Silvester) anerkennt und schützt der Heilige Stuhl nur den Souveränen Malteserorden – oder Souveränen Ritter- und Hospitalorden vom hl. Johannes zu Jerusalem von Rhodos und von Malta – und den Ritteroden vom Heiligen Grab zu Jerusalem. Es besteht nicht die Absicht, diesbezüglich etwas zu ändern.

Alle anderen Ritterorden – ob sie nun neuerer Gründung sind oder sich von den mittelalterlichen Orden ableiten – werden vom Heiligen Stuhl nicht anerkannt, da dieser nicht für ihre historische und rechtliche Legitimität, ihre Ziele und ihre Organisationsstrukturen bürgen kann.

Um Missverständnisse, die auch infolge unrechtmäßiger Ausstellung von Urkunden und unzulässiger Nutzung heiliger Stätten leider möglich sind, zu vermeiden und die Fortsetzung von Missbräuchen zu verhindern, die vielen gutgläubigen Personen schließlich zum Schaden gereichen, bekräftigt der Heilige Stuhl, dass er den von nicht anerkannten Vereinigungen ausgestellten ritterlichen Auszeichnungen und den dazugehörigen Insignien keinerlei Wert beimisst und die Nutzung von Kirchen und Kapellen für sogenannte ,Investiturfeiern’ für nicht angebracht hält.“
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Da oggi a Praga per Forum 2000: "The Forum 2000 Foundation pursues the legacy of Václav Havel by supporting the values of democracy and respect for human rights, assisting the development of civil society, and encouraging religious, cultural and ethnic tolerance." www.forum2000.cz/en/homepage
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
this is my Church (cit from the priest in the movie “The Waterfront”)
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
my article for the blog of the CRC Center at Fordham University "The Catholic Church as the West's backup system" crc.blog.fordham.edu/faith-religi...
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The Catholic Church as the West’s backup system | SAPIENTIA
I recently spent a few days in Rome, staying in the Collegio Santa Monica of the Augustinians. Not only can the Augustinian order boast of having one of their own as pope, a first, but the Augustinian...
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
the US bishops vs Pete Hegseth
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Nothing says “Christian Nation” like public executions (cit.)
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
the Catholic Church and the death penalty
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
come non amare il fatto che in Vaticano hanno fatto un sito internet chiamato Amoris Laetitia amorislaetitia.va
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ci saro’ anche io (3 novembre)
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
e’ possibile che un avvocato farà causa allo stato del Tennessee: “dovevate ammazzare la mia cliente con la pena di morte ma non ci siete riusciti”.
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Providence College Jewish-Catholic Theological Exchange @jewscatholicspc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Whose Nostra Aetate? The Church, Judaism, Israel and Leo’s pontificate @massimofaggioli.bsky.social www.globalcatholic.com/whose-nostra... #interfaith
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Whose Nostra Aetate? The Church, Judaism, Israel and Leo’s pontificate - Global Catholic
Sixty years after Nostra Aetate, a gap has opened that diplomacy cannot bridge, because it is doctrinal, centered on Zionism, the Land, and the State of Israel.
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
mio articolo sul "Giornale di Brescia" sul summit che comincia in Vaticano oggi per i dieci anni da "Amoris Laetitia" www.giornaledibrescia.it/opinioni/sum...
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Summit su «Amoris Laetitia»: primo test interno per Leone
Tra il 7 e il 14 ottobre ha luogo in Vaticano il primo test importante, dall’inizio del pontificato di Leone XIV, per comprendere lo stato della coesione interna dei vertici della Chiesa
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
20 years ago today Anna Politkovskaya, one of Russia’s most prominent investigative journalists, was murdered. I found no mention of the anniversary in today's Russian newspapers. #ReadingRussia
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Russian papers silent on the 20th anniversary of journalist's murder
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Global Catholic @globalcatholic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Three #Vatican-related events reveal a widening doctrinal gap between the #CatholicChurch & Judaism over Zionism & the State of #Israel — a divide diplomacy alone may not bridge. @massimofaggioli.bsky.social examines what this means for Leo XIV’s pontificate. www.globalcatholic.com/whose-nostra...
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Whose Nostra Aetate? The Church, Judaism, Israel and Leo’s pontificate - Global Catholic
Sixty years after Nostra Aetate, a gap has opened that diplomacy cannot bridge, because it is doctrinal, centered on Zionism, the Land, and the State of Israel.
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Phil Feller @philfeller.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And to get from Athens and Rome to London, you need to go through Florentine republican thinkers like Guicciardini and Machiavelli. Harrington and the English political theorists who followed him were heavily indebted.
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
absence of Assisi and Norcia from this list
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
in New York for the @commonwealmagazine.org dinner tonight
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 05/10/2026
La Turquie et le Pakistan vont envoyer des forces militaires en Arabie saoudite
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La Turquie et le Pakistan vont envoyer des forces militaires en Arabie saoudite
Liés par un pacte de défense mutuelle avec l’Arabie saoudite, les deux pays vont soutenir leur allié, qui est la cible d’attaques régulières de la part des combattants houthistes du Yémen.
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 05/10/2026
Nine out of 10 unvaccinated individuals who come in contact with measles will get sick.
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Chester County has more measles cases than most entire states in the country
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
with great colleagues, speaking at Villanova about pope Leo XIV this Wednesday
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
uno dei libri importanti per capire cosa c’è sotto il chiacchiericcio
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
wow
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
While President Zelenskyy was showing Chancellor Merz the aftermath of Russian strikes on Kyiv, a new air raid alert sounded as Russian drones approached Kyiv again. Russia has been attacking Ukraine all morning today.
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nabokov
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
mechanically minded idiots” (from Nabokov’s autobiography)
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
this is a also call to Catholic schools and universities to invest more (not less) in the liberal arts
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
the video of the webinar with Kristin Colberg about my pope Leo XIV is now live on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nqh...
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Leo XIV and the Global Church with Massimo Faggioli and Kristin Colberg
YouTube video by Liturgical Press
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
da oggi, un cardinale a Chieti (mentre Los Angeles non ha un cardinale da molti anni ormai). Momento di transizione verso nuovi assetti.
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Artists are never poor, even when they are short on cash. AI ideologues are never poor, but in another sense, because their technology makes money cannibalizing the work of others.
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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Catholic bishops of Alberta have released a pastoral letter related to the Alberta Independence referendum. The letter stops short of endorsing a yes or no (common in bishops' letters in the US and Canada) but the key considerations lean in a fairly obvious direction. caedm.ca/catholic-bis...
How will this decision affect others, particularly those who are most vulnerable?
Have I considered the good of others alongside my own interests?
To what extent might fear, anger, or resentment be influencing my judgement?
What kind of society or community are we building for future generations through this choice?
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
the video of the webinar with Kristin Colberg about my pope Leo XIV is now live on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nqh...
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Leo XIV and the Global Church with Massimo Faggioli and Kristin Colberg
YouTube video by Liturgical Press
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Phil Feller @philfeller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Is that drawing analogies between the Singularity and the Omega Point?
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
something like that, yes
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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In 2018, the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith took steps officially to forbid support for the death penalty, adding a new directive to the catechism: “the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and the dignity of the person.’”
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What does the church teach about the death penalty?
The Catholic Church’s opposition to the death penalty developed in recent centuries. Today the church opposes the death penalty in all cases.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just got an email from a former student who took my class a decade ago, asking me for the reading list because she enjoyed the course so much and wants to revisit the texts. And she *apologized* for making the request. Are you kidding me?
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Sad Old Man Crying
ALT: Sad Old Man Crying
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
registration here csbsju.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Leo XIV and the Global Church: Unity and Peace. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The conclave's choice of Leo XIV—the first U.S.-born supreme pontiff—on May 8, 2025, marked a key point in the ongoing shift of the Catholic Church’s relationship with the world. Since the late 20th c...
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
today at noon Eastern time
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Mikhail @va11halla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How your email finds me
Toshiro Mifune in Rashomon
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
il solito schifo della pena di morte, sia quando funziona sia quando non funziona
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 30/09/2026
‘An obvious objection to the war-fi genre is that there are quite enough wars to be getting on with without inventing fictional ones.’ @tomstevenson.bsky.social on invasion scenarios: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Tom Stevenson · The Russians are coming
War-fi accounts accurately depict the frontier between Europe and Russia as being in an unstable equilibrium. But they...
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
gli ultimi due minuti (quelli che ho visto) del discorso di Andy Burnham sono da ascoltare e vedere
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Forum 2000 Foundation pursues the legacy of Václav Havel by supporting the values of democracy and respect for human rights, assisting the development of civil society, and encouraging religious, cultural and ethnic tolerance.
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