Sandro Magister, on his Chiesa website, reports on a conference in Rome that brought together philosophers, theologians, scientists, and artists to discuss the topic: "God Today." It was sponsored by the Italian Episcopal Conference and was the inspiration of its former President, Cardinal Ruini. Magister provides some excerpts here.I was particularly struck by the remarks of Cardinal Angelo Scola, the Pariarch of Venice, and one of Italy's foremost theologians, who critiques a one-sided appeal to kenosis when meditating on and speaking of God:

"It is only in the God who is Logos-Love that meaning is given to the decisive theme of the divine 'knosis' as the way in which God-Truth-Goodness offers himself to men. The kenotic God is not a weak God, but a God who loves, and offers him as such to the liberty of man."