In the Sturzo's perspective, the task of the State is to establish through democratic and participatory method the rules of play and to respect them. Ethics is not a list of good intentions, but an institutional system that allows freedom and justice.

Reading Luigi Sturzo's works not only helps one grasp, in a crystal clear manner, the political actions of the Sicilian priest and his strong personality, but we can also highlight the most interesting features of his publications to relate to current affairs.

There a few notes should be made in the margins of the article by Italian historian Guido Formigoni, published in "TamTam democratic" and entitled "De Gasperi, Dossetti and the false dilemma statism-subsidiarity."  It seems worth noting that the interesting debate animated by Formigoni is found in the notions of "social...

Italian politicians would be wise to consider the lessons of federalism championed by the father of political Catholicism, Luigi Sturzo.

If one wishes to capture the fundamental aspect of the cultural friendship between the two economists Luigi Einaudi (1874-1961) and Wilhelm Röpke (1899-1966), it’s important to refer to what Einaudi wrote about the German economic miracle and the Röpkianan doctrine of the social market economy.Einaudi wrote that the...

For many years now, even among economists and jurists of reference of the Italian left, the false equation "common goods = state" appeared to be overcome, as well as the superficial view that the liberalization management of the service automatically results in the loss of the "public" nature of these assets.

On February 17 the Italian newspaper: "L’Unità" (the official Democratic Party and already former communist newspaper) published an interesting article by the Hon. Stefano Fassina (responsible for the economical department of the Italian Democratic Party), eloquently entitled: "Catholic thinking can help to defeat liberalism." The author calls for a fruitful...

In Italy, Catholics can count on a wealth of ideas and policy proposals, including the concepts of federalism, liberalism, and the Sturzo version of social market economy.