Fernando de la Iglesia Viguiristi SJ

Professor of International Economics at the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome.

John Paul II and the Social Doctrine of the Church

When the cardinals gathered in conclave and elected Cardinal Karol Wojtyła as the successor of St Peter on October 16,…

3 years ago

The Urgency of Universal Access to the Covid-19 Vaccine

Over the past year, the Covid-19 pandemic has put our health at risk, brought the global economy virtually to a…

3 years ago

Repaying the Ecological Debt: Pope Francis writes to the IMF and World Bank

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are two sister institutions created in 1944 by the Bretton Woods…

3 years ago

The European Union – China Agreement

On December 30, 2020, the European Union and China completed political negotiations for a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). The…

3 years ago

The Global Economic Crisis

Since last December, a new coronavirus, Covid-19, has been putting our lives at risk. At the same time, it has…

4 years ago

There is Hunger in the World Today

In the summer of 2015, three-year-old Alan Kurdi was found dead on a Turkish beach. His Syrian family had fled…

5 years ago

A Decade after the Collapse of Lehman Brothers

In the fall of 2008, a tsunami devastated global finances, dragging down with it some ancient banking institutions and causing…

5 years ago

Bitcoin. The virtual currency par excellence

Bitcoin is the virtual currency par excellence. Barely a day goes by without it being in the news, either due…

6 years ago

The Future of Europe

Some significant events in 2017 If we wish to outline a future scenario for Europe, it is useful to first…

6 years ago

The New Silk Road: The Global Ambitions of the Chinese Economy

In the month of May this year, in Beijing, before almost 30 heads of state and government and more than…

6 years ago