Jean de Saint-Cheron, French writer and essayist, Giuseppe Toniolo 2023 Award; Paolo Prosperi, priest of the Fraternity of St. Charles Borromeo. Introduction by Francesco Magni, Professor of General and Social Pedagogy, University of Bergamo

“There is nothing more distant from Christianity than empty optimism and sentimentality that afflict many Catholics and hide the evil in the world” (Flannery O’Connor). A path on the joyful task of delivering to history the accomplished beauty of the Christian faith and the task of responding to the cultural challenges of modernity.