Here are some brief comments concerning Luigino Bruni’s interesting and widely shared article, “The Italian model,” published in the July 8 Avvenire. In particular, we would like to examine two ...

When you mention the principle of subsidiarity to a progressive Catholic, the reaction is frequently one that you might expect when informing a man that his mother-in-law is in town on a surprise ...

Subsidiarity. Learn it. Live it. Love it. Last year during the run up to the eventual passing of the Obamacare bill, President Obama had to take to the airwaves several times to promote the bill. One ...

Strolling down the streets of Pescocostanzo, in the heart of the Majella National Park, in the province of L’Aquila (Italy), I noticed the following engraving: “Sui domina” (self-possessed). It is the ...

Subsidiarity, though hardly the most exciting element of Catholic social doctrine, has been much in the news lately. It was invoked in the Republican primaries and its praises have been sung in The ...

It’s final. Britain is exiting the European Union. I am inclined to think that leaving the EU will be one of the best decisions Britain could make—even while admitting that I could be wrong. But such ...

THE word ‘subsidiarity’ first appeared in the Maastricht Treaty of 1992, when it was included largely as a figleaf to appease the then British government led by John Major. Its purpose was to disguise ...

Announcing that the Roman Curia will be transformed root-and-branch, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said that “Roman centralism” will come to an end. What Pope Francis’ eight Cardinal-Advisers ...

In the on-going debate about the federal budget, several conservative Catholics have sought to defend the draconian cuts in federal spending being demanded by the House Republicans by invoking the ...

A family wearing protective face masks walk along on the Champs Elysee avenue, with Arc de Triomphe in background, in Paris, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. (Credit: Kamil Zihnioglu/AP.) Listen Subsidiarity ...

The principles of solidarity and subsidiarity should be used together to ensure everyone, including the person experiencing poverty, has access to suitable healthcare, Pope Francis said Friday. In his ...