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Monsignor, hope today seems like a countercultural word. What does it mean for the Church of our time?
Christian hope is not an optimistic feeling, but a responsibility. It generates works, creates relationships, and restores dignity to people. A Church that hopes is a Church that builds the future.
Pope Leo XIV often calls for a Church that listens and accompanies. How can this orientation be translated into concrete actions?
Listening means knowing the real wounds of people. Accompaniment is not about replacing others, but about putting them in a position to rise again with dignity.
The Holy See is called today to face increasingly complex global crises. What role can a Catholic foundation play?
Networking. Ecclesiastical foundations must become laboratories of solidarity, bringing together institutions, benefactors, cultural, social, civic centers, and local communities.
The new forms of poverty are not only economic. Which ones concern you the most?
Loneliness, the loss of the sense of life, educational fragility, and cultural marginalization. These are less visible forms of poverty, but they are profoundly deep.
Artificial intelligence represents a great opportunity but also an ethical challenge. What should be the Church’s contribution?
Remember that every technology must remain at the service of the human person. Man can never become just a data point or an algorithm.
She has held important positions in the economic administration of the Holy See. What is the value of transparency today?
Transparency is not just an administrative rule: it is an evangelical testimony. Every resource entrusted to the Church ultimately belongs to the poor.
What lesson has serving the Holy See left you, and what does it still teach you today?
That behind every administrative decision there are concrete people. Efficiency can never be separated from the centrality of the person and charity.
Peace is today one of the great priorities of the Magisterium. Where do we start again?
From education. No peace will be stable if it does not arise in families, schools, and communities.
Young people seem to seek authenticity more than structures. How to respond?
Offering credible testimonies. Young people follow those who live what they proclaim.
The Foundation is named after the encyclical Spe salvi. What message remains relevant today?
No one saves themselves alone. Christian hope always becomes a responsibility towards others.
How do you envision the relationship between faith and culture in the next decade?
More and more dialogical. The Church must meet the world without losing its own identity.
What place does the social doctrine of the Church occupy in the formation of laypeople?
A central place. It is not a specialized chapter, but the concrete way in which the Gospel enters society.
What is the most urgent educational challenge?
To educate free individuals, capable of discernment and responsibility.
The Jubilee continues to leave an important legacy. What should it be?
A culture of welcome that does not end with an event, but becomes a permanent style of the Christian community.
What contribution can Catholic professionals offer?
Testifying to competence, fairness, and service. Holiness also comes through well-done work.
How do you see the relationship between charity and good governance?
They are inseparable. Poor administration also impoverishes charity.
The diplomacy of the Holy See continues to play a decisive role. What is its strength?
The moral credibility and the ability to speak with everyone, without vested interests.
What is the value of Catholic volunteering today?
It is a school of generosity. In a society dominated by utility, the gift remains revolutionary.
If you had to choose three words for the future of the Church, which ones would you choose?
Hope, responsibility, and school of friendship.
A final message to the readers.
Let us not allow hope to be stolen from us. Every act of kindness, even the smallest, contributes to building that civilization of love to which the Gospel continues to call us every day.
And, if I may, to continue to support with the necessary donations for charity, the “Spe salvi” Foundation! Every act of solidarity is an investment in the future of people and an authentic testimony of the Gospel of hope. Heartfelt thanks to all those who, with discretion and generosity, make this mission possible every day.
