Luigi Giussani, the church, and youth in the 1950s: a judgment born of an experience.(Re-CONSIDERATIONS: Historical (and often neglected) texts in the Catholic intellectual tradition with contemporary comment and reflection) From: Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture | Date: September 22, 2007| Author: Zucchi, John | COPYRIGHT 2007 Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

ON FEBRUARY 24, 2005, the then Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, personally represented the ailing Pope John Paul II at the funeral Mass for Monsignor Luigi Giussani; his homily would be discussed for months to come in the international press. Speaking for over fifteen minutes without as much as glancing at a text, he called attention to how "Fr. Giussani always kept the eyes of his life and of his heart fixed on Christ. In this w...