Actualidad - Omnes

A Catholic perspective on current events

Dorothy Day. The long loneliness

Last September 24 in his memorable address to the US Congress Pope Francis mentioned four times Dorothy Day (1897-1980), "daughter of this land" who "fought for justice and the cause of the oppressed with unceasing work", who "dreamed of social justice and the rights of people".

Jaime Nubiola

Lebanon opens a page of stability with strong Syrian immigration

The experience of the civil war in the 80's has prompted to reach agreements that facilitate stability. Lebanon, which does not want to be dragged into the war in Syria, has a new president, the Christian Michel Aoun.

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Hannah Arendt and the nostalgia for God

The appeal of Hannah Arendt's figure and thought grows greater with each passing day. She does not speak of God, but her readers can perhaps recognize the nostalgia for God in her courageous defense of human beings and their reason.

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Hilary Putnam (1926-2016): an American philosopher.

Hilary Putnam has been one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. His thought has evolved from the stricter scientism of the Vienna Circle to an open pragmatism in which there is ample room for non-scientific knowledge, the humanities, ethics, aesthetics and religion.

Jaime Nubiola

Van Gogh, searching for God's colors

Vincent Van Gogh is undoubtedly one of the essential artists of the 19th century. His paintings -and his letters- impress us and thousands of our contemporaries today, because they say a lot, to the point that they can even speak to us of God. That is why he is a frontier painter, today more current than ever.

Jaime Nubiola