Leonardo Franchi

Leonardo Franchi reflects on St John Henry Newman as a Doctor of the Church

The educational life of the Church, which requires vibrant forward-thinking institutions as embodiments of the call to teach, can find in communio the spiritual bonds that bring unity to the diversity of its many institutions and related functions.

Reclaiming the Piazza is, we admit, a quirky title for a book series. ‘Piazza’ refers to the great public space in Italy where dialogue and commensality take place.

Pope Francis’s Apostolic Letter on the Liturgical Formation of the People of God Desiderio Desideravi, issued in 2022 captures a desire to evangelise through attraction.