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Angelo Bagnasco
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“The problem of our cultural identity, which for us clearly has religious and Christian roots, is certainly a very important question today. And we are seeing so increasingly.”
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Recorded in: «When the Pope calls, one answers...» (2007) 30 Days
“God surpasses our measurement unit and surprises it, not in an abstract way, but in the Child laid in a manger.”
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Recorded in: Permanent Council of the Italian Episcopal Conference, 24-27 January 2011. As quoted in Corriere della Sera, (January 24, 2011) (available in PDF)
“Work is a special part of those indispensable conditions that a truly human society must guarantee so that everyone can not only survive and live, but even more so, fulfil themselves according to God's plan.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Corriere della Sera (June 10, 2009) and in Adriano Torti, L'allarme. Bagnasco: senza lavoro la famiglia entra in crisi, Avvenire.it (June 9, 2009)
“Immigration is a reality. We need to combine the principle of welcoming others, which has always been at the heart of our country, with another principle that is just as important: legality, which everyone knows is needed for society to work.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Corriere della Sera (May 25, 2009)
“(About Italy) The unity of the country remains an indispensable achievement and anchor. Any desirable reform, starting with federalism, must take into account the historical roots of unity and consistently evolve it for the good of all in order to be beneficial.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Carlo Marroni, Cei: sforzo bipartisan contro la crisi, Il Sole 24 Ore.com (May 25, 2010)
“The Church does not promote itself, but serves humanity with God's love.”
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“The full happiness of the Church, which comes from Christ, does not fail even in the face of our betrayals.”
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Recorded in: in Assemblea C.E.I., card. Bagnasco: serve una generazione di adulti che sappia vivere, non vivacchiare, Toscana Oggi.it (May 24, 2010)
“Italy is heading towards a slow demographic suicide because "over fifty per cent of families today are childless, and among those that do have children, almost half have only one, the rest have two, and only 5.1 per cent of families have three or more children. There is an urgent need for a child-oriented policy that immediately takes responsibility for a balanced generational change.”
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Recorded in: Opening address at the CEI assembly on 24 May 2010; as quoted in ndrea Tornielli, L'allarme di Bagnasco: «Non nascono più bimbi è suicidio demografico», ilGiornale.it (May 25, 2010)
“There are no dogmas of faith and there are no dogmas of any kind when it comes to social practices. This issue must also be addressed with a single intention, a single objective: we must evaluate this question in a proactive manner because any decision, any way of dealing with Article 18, must aim to create jobs, otherwise it is useless.”
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Recorded in: Giornalisti dicono no al Co.co.co e vengono licenziati, Riviera24.it (October 14, 2014)
“Modernity has identified the theme of conscience as one of its most emblematic frontiers. [...] Too often, in culture as in life, the concept of conscience, that is, the ability of a person to recognise the truth and the decision to follow it, is confused with the ultimate peremptory nature of subjective opinion.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Angelo Bagnasco, Il valore della coscienza nell'impegno sociale e politico, Zenit (December 17, 2011) (Cardinal Bagnasco's speech at the day of reflection on social and political education organised by Reti…
“The silence of conscience, through neglect and abandonment, can cause instinctiveness to be mistaken for spontaneity, wishful thinking for relevance, injustice for justice, death for life, selfishness for love. [...] However, at the very moment when the Magisterium is eradicated from conscience, without realising it, it is already being replaced by a substitute.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Angelo Bagnasco, Il valore della coscienza nell'impegno sociale e politico, Zenit (December 17, 2011) (Cardinal Bagnasco's speech at the day of reflection on social and political education organised by Reti…
“The Church is not a political republic. It is a spiritual reality incarnated in time, and does not respond to purely human criteria. The important thing is always to find someone capable of guiding God's people at a given moment in history. I have known Pope Leo XIV for a short time, through a few personal encounters. He is always kind, attentive to issues, and thoughtful. My overall and immediate impression is of a serene man, that is, reconciled with himself because he is centred on Christ. I believe this is the best prerequisite for living such a great responsibility.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Bagnasco: la Chiesa non è una repubblica politica, Corriere della Sera, Rome (May 11, 2025)
“It is clear that the state itself needs a people, but the people are not such by virtue of the state; they precede it in that they are not a sum of individuals but a community of persons, and a true and reliable community is always spiritual and ethical in nature; it has a soul. This is its backbone. But if the soul becomes corrupt, then the unity of the people becomes fragile, and the state weakens and loses its shape. When can this happen? When the awareness of common values and cultural identity is obscured. Talking about cultural identity does not mean withdrawing or closing oneself off, but rather not disfiguring one's own face: without a face, it is impossible to meet, to get to know each other, to respect each other, to correct each other, to walk together, to work towards the same goals, to be a “people”. The state cannot create this unity, which is pre-institutional and pre-political, but at the same time it must be careful to preserve it and not damage it. It would be short-sighted and irresponsible to attack what unites us in the name of any perspective.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in PROLUSIONE. I cattolici, a pieno titolo «soci fondatori» d'Italia, avvenire.it (December 3, 2010)
“Too often, in culture as in life, the concept of consciousness, that is, a person's ability to recognise the truth and decide to follow it, is confused with the ultimate peremptory nature of subjective demands. [...] It is the confusion surrounding the false concept of autonomy that causes such profound confusion in today's culture, according to which a person is considered happier the closer they feel to doing what they want. [...] There is a reason for being that is stronger and more resistant than any human construct. Recognising this reality in itself and bowing gratefully to it is the most moral act we can perform.”
Angelo Bagnasco (born 1943) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Angelo Bagnasco, Il valore della coscienza nell'impegno sociale e politico, Zenit (December 17, 2011) (Cardinal Bagnasco's speech at the day of reflection on social and political education organised by Reti…