Antonio Spadaro Archives

Papal confidantes rue prosperity gospel, distorted ‘American dream’

Jul 18, 2018

One year after their blockbuster article describing an “ecumenism of hate” between U.S. conservative Catholics and evangelicals, Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro and Presbyterian pastor Marcelo Figueroa offer a critique of the prosperity gospel and the American Dream.

Spadaro at Notre Dame: “Mercy essential to understanding pope’s political engagement”
- Oct 11, 2017
Key papal ally, Father Antonio Spadaro, gave a lecture at Notre Dame on Tuesday arguing that the theme of mercy is critical to understanding Pope Francis’s political engagement. Spadaro said the much talked about “Benedict Option” does not align with Francis’s vision for geopolitics and argued against a diplomacy that divides the world into good versus evil.

By Christopher White
Jesuit’s book explores benefits, pitfalls of the internet universe
- May 20, 2017
David Gibson reviews a new book by Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro titled “Friending God.” In the book Spadaro underlines how the internet has become an actual “place” in our daily lives and that evangelization in the technological age “means to bear witness.”

By David Gibson CNS
Iconic Jesuit journal’s English edition allows Church to breathe
- Mar 1, 2017
Quite probably the world’s most unique and influential Catholic publication, the Jesuit-edited ‘La Civiltà Cattolica’ is provocative, thoughtful, and offers the Church intellectual breathing space. Until now, however, it’s been available only in Italian, but all that is changing with a new English edition.

By Austen Ivereigh