Nr. 2/2017CHIARA MINELLI The «refonte» of canon law in French authors on the eve of Pio-Benedictine codification
Nr. 2/2017CRISTIANA MARIA PETTINATO From the “just war” to the human ecology of peace: the justification of war in the pontifical magisterium of recent decades.
Table of contents
1. Brief history of the Church in the face of the mafia - 2. An excommunication left half-finished - 3. From theory of law to practical application. The bishops' decrees against the mafia – 4. Christian martyrdom and beatification – 5. Puglisi, the first mafia martyr – 6. Livatino: the first lay blessed killed by the mafias? – 7. The challenges to face.
Abstract
The contribution investigates the change in attitude of the Catholic Church against the mafia phenomenon compared to the recent past. The main turning point was represented by the use of canon law as a tool for preventing and contrasting mafia dynamics, as demonstrated by the issuing of specific canon law norms in the Dioceses of Southern Italy.
Keywords
Church and mafias; canon law and fight against mafias; beatification of Pino Puglisi; Rosary Livatino
