JUSTICE AS BEAUTY-IN-ACTION? INSIGHTS FROM HANS URS VON BALTHASAR’S AESTHETICS AND DRAMATICS by M.J. Havenga

“… This essay explores the relation between beauty and justice by turning to the thought of the Swiss Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar. It begins by giving an exposition of Balthasar’s theological aesthetics, as developed in his work The glory of the Lord, which shows how, for Von Balthasar, earthly beauty participates in, and expresses something of God’s divine glory and reaches its apex in the revelation of the beautiful form of Jesus Christ. …”
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CARING FOR WOMEN ON THE FRONTLINES: ENHANCING WOMEN WORKERS’ CAPABILITIES AND BUILDING SOCIAL FRIENDSHIP by M.M.-Y. Yuen

“…In addition, the notions of political charity and social friendship in Catholic social thought, particularly the social encyclical Fratelli Tutti, and the multi-axial analysis in post-colonial feminist theology are useful in upholding women’s dignity and moral agency in care situations. …”
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God’s Alterity and the Particularity of Christ by Björn Vikström, Elli Barsnes

“…The article provides a comparison between how the philosopher Richard Kearney, of Roman-Catholic origin, and the Orthodox theologian David Bentley Hart relate the particularity of the Christ event to the unfathomability of God. …”
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Once Again on ʾbk wdm in Ethiopian Sabaic by Aaron Michael Butts, Simcha Gross, Michael Hensley

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Cuban Agriculture Before 1959: The Social Situation by José Alvarez

“…In 1956-1957, the University Catholic Association (Agrupación Católica Universitaria, ACU) conducted a national survey (Gastón et al., 1957; the original Spanish version can found at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE292 and the English translation at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE297) that, despite the existing critiques discussed below, seemed to confirm the findings of the two censuses. …”
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Cuban Agriculture Before 1959: The Social Situation by José Alvarez

“…In 1956-1957, the University Catholic Association (Agrupación Católica Universitaria, ACU) conducted a national survey (Gastón et al., 1957; the original Spanish version can found at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE292 and the English translation at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE297) that, despite the existing critiques discussed below, seemed to confirm the findings of the two censuses. …”
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António e as Variações identitárias da cultura portuguesa contemporânea by Paula Guerra

“…Approaching this musician has a double meaning: the way in which he represents the words of Fernando Pessoa when he pointed the importance of being “plural like the universe”; as well as the way in which each social actor can represent different social identities (to be at once Portuguese, a barber, catholic, from Braga, a musician and a variety artist). …”
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O KOM, O KOM, IMMANUEL – VENI, VENI EMMANUEL:

“… O come, o come, Immanuel, one of the oldest hymns included in the Liedboek van die Kerk (2001), is based on a Latin Advent hymn, Veni, veni Emmanuel, which, in turn, is based on five of the seven O antiphons that form part of the Roman Catholic liturgy for Advent. In many of the Reformed churches in South Africa, the hymn is not sung, because the time of Advent is not sufficiently observed and Advent hymns are often ignored. …”
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Parent Involvement in Child Education as a Correlate of Academic Performance: Analyzing Denominational Secondary Schools in Uganda by Denis, Sekiwu, Victoria, Tamale Kaggwa

“…There are differences in students’ academic performance among different denominational schools with Moslem schools performing least with low parent involvement in child education, and Catholic schools performing highest with high parent involvement in child education. …”
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Debating Toynbee's theory of challenge and response: Christian civilisation or Western imperialism? by F. Hale

“…In the ensuing debate, the prominent English Roman Catholic historian and publisher Douglas Jerrold argued in his The Lie about the West: A Response to Professor  Toynbee’s Challenge that he had unjustly underestimated the endurance of Christian civilisation and failed to recognise its inherent value as the source of many fundamental values which should  not be surrendered to supposedly inexorable historical processes. …”
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The Lutheran “convivial economy” as a Christian economic heterodoxy: significance, components, and proposals to the current socio-economic order by P. Kopiec

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Pomiędzy queerową subwersją a „middle-class mainstreaming”. O twórczości drag queen Mony Lizak by Magdalena Stoch

“…Particular attention is paid to the artist’s political message, which criticises the exclusion of LGBT+ persons, the dominance of the Catholic church, and social issues such as the climate crisis and women’s rights. …”
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Antiracist applied linguistics, Marxian utopian, and infra politics by Setiono Sugiharto

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy: recent insights in brain related comorbidities by Cyrille Vaillend, Yoshitsugu Aoki, Eugenio Mercuri, Jos Hendriksen, Konstantina Tetorou, Aurelie Goyenvalle, Francesco Muntoni

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Social networking friendships: A cross-cultural comparison of network structure between MySpace and Wretch by Chang Hui-Jung

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Ekumenizm na drodze przemian: problemy i wyzwania by Tadeusz Kałużny

“…However, the ecumenical involvement of the Roman Catholic Church is irreversible. The problems noted and the new challenges in the field of ecumenism should inspire one to a more intense and deep effort for the sake of bringing back full and visible union of all Christ’s disciples.…”
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Update on long-term outcomes of a cohort of patients with TCF3::HLF positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with blinatumomab and stem cell transplantation by Aida Zeckanovic, Brice Mouttet, Luciana Vinti, Philip Ancliff, Benoît Brethon, Gunnar Cario, Sarah Elitzur, Volkan Hazar, Joachim Kunz, Anja Möricke, Jerry Stein, Yöntem Yaman, Jochen Buechner, Magnus Aasved Hjort, David O’Connor, Angus Hodder, Jack Bartram, Julia Alten, Draga Barbaric, Gabriele Escherich, Nicolas Boissel, Loïc Vasseur, Emmanuelle Clappier, Laure Farnault, Sarah Bonnet, Katharine Patrick, Martin Schrappe, Sema Anak, André Baruchel, Franco Locatelli, Martin Stanulla, Arend von Stackelberg, Nicole Bodmer, Jean-Pierre Bourquin

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Does viral circulation in slums have a global impact? The lesson learned from SARS-CoV-2 circulation in Complexo de favelas da Maré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Monique Cristina dos Santos, Monique Cristina dos Santos, Natalia Fintelman-Rodrigues, Natalia Fintelman-Rodrigues, Aline de Paula Dias da Silva, Aline de Paula Dias da Silva, Rodolfo Leandro Nascimento Silva, Victor Corrêa Seixas, Amanda A. Batista-da-Silva, Amanda A. Batista-da-Silva, Marcelo Alves Ferreira, Patrícia T. Bozza, Fernando A. Bozza, Fernando A. Bozza, Fernando A. Bozza, Thiago Moreno L. Souza, Thiago Moreno L. Souza

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Niosąc w przyszłość dziedzictwo pontyfikatu. Związki watykańskiej Fundacji Jana Pawła II z instytucjami w Polsce by Andrzej Dobrzyński

“…This Institution provides scholarships to students of former communist countries to study at the Catholic University located in Lublin. The purpose of the article was to illustrate the fruitful relationship between the Foundations activities and the various organizations in Poland during its 30 year existence. …”
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Freedom of Expression in South Sudanese Judicial Struggle: Bought or Fought For? With Special Reference to India by Varun Chhachhar, Wol Deng Akech

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