https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/15374 2026-07-24T03:01:19Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/148215 Title: Justice after war : just post bellum in the twenty-first century by David Chiwon Kwon [Book Review] Authors: Calleja, Carlo Abstract: A book review of David Chiwon Kwon’s Justice After War: Just Post Bellum in the Twenty-first Century (Catholic University of America Press, 2023). The reviewer examines Kwon’s constructive theological and ethical framework for post-war justice (jus post bellum). The review highlights Kwon’s three-pronged strategy involving just policing, just punishment, and just political participation, anchored in Catholic Social Teaching. Special emphasis is given to Kwon's novel focus on nonclassical, grassroots Christian actors (such as NGOs and local communities) as active peacebuilders. 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/148135 Title: Gaudí's lesson, 100 years after his death Abstract: On his way to church, on June 7, 1926, Antoni Gaudí was hit by a tramcar while trying to avoid one coming from the opposite direction in the Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes in Barcelona. Mistaken for a homeless beggar, passers-by left him to his destiny. A doctor passed by, briefly examined him, and left. Later on a policeman took him to hospital. Meanwhile, colleagues, friends and employees at the Sagrada Familia worksite noticed his unusual absence. They immediately started to look for him around the city, managing to recognise him at the Santa Creu Hospital. 2026-07-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/147546 Title: Kenotic and trusting love according to Thérèse of the child Jesus of the holy face Abstract: During a period of six years from 2021 to 2027, the Discalced Carmelite Order and the Shrine of Lisieux in particular, as well as the Church in general, will celebrate • in 2023: the 150th anniversary of the birth of Thérèse of the Child Jesus; • in 2025: the first centenary of her canonisation; • in 2027: the 130th anniversary of her death, and the 30th anniversary of her proclamation as Doctor of the Church. All of the recognised Doctors of the Church, thirty-six in total, have provided the Church with sound doctrine on particular areas of the Church's living faith. Pope John Paul II officially recognised Thérèse of Lisieux as a teacher of the 'Science of Love' in the Church. 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/147371 Title: Structural reform and pastoral renewal : an ethical framework for the process of synodality Authors: Agius, Emmanuel Abstract: When I embarked on my research through printed and online literature on synodality, to my surprise I found no specific article with explicit reflections on the ethical perspectives of the synodality process. This lack of resources on this issue has encouraged rather than discouraged me to take this task earnestly in order to sift out the ethical implications of synodality endorsed in the Preparatory Document for the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, the Vademecum for the Synod on Synodality, the Working Document for the Continental Stage: Enlarge the Space of your Tent (DCS), the report of the Digital Synod for the Continental Stage, the Instrumentum Laboris for the first session of the 16th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops ( October 2023) , the document on "Synodality in the Life and Mission of the Church" published in 2018 by the International Theological Commission, and the reflections articulated by Pope Francis in his homilies, addresses, and speeches. [extract] 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z