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Marianna Orlandi

Marianna Orlandi received her Ph.D. in Law from the University of Padua, Italy, and from the University of Innsbruck, Austria. Prior to moving to Texas, she was a 2019-2020 James Madison Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer in the Department of Politics at Princeton University. She was admitted to the Italian bar in 2015 after graduating magna cum laude from the University of Padua. She practiced as a criminal lawyer in Milan and worked in the United States as a policy research analyst. ​

Since 2020, she directs the academic programming of the Austin Institute, where she contributes both as a speaker and teacher as well as a mentor for the students. While continuing to publish on topics like abortion and marriage, both in Italy and in the United States, she is the host of the Austin Institute podcast, a show that covers all the topics that truly matter for our full human flourishing.

 

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The “Tea” App and the New Barbarism 

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Instead of relying on apps, perhaps we can, instead, invite friends over and run our concerns through a more reliable filter: the thoughts, impressions, and wisdom of those who know and love us, off-screen.  
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Demanding Murder; Needing Heroes

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I do not know what it is like to be bedridden for years. I hope I never will. I also wish I never knew what it meant to live through the disappointments, fears, abandonments, or heartbreaks I’ve already endured. But I am glad nobody suggested to me that those pains were too much to bear.
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Behind the New Italian Ban on Surrogacy

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Should children gestated and born in violation of Italian laws be taken from these putative “parents?” Or should Italian sovereignty capitulate, accepting that whatever adults want, and pay for (even other lives), becomes a right? 
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To Die Well, We Must Live Well—And for Others

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Living for others is hard for everyone, in any stage of life. And in a culture that exalts the autonomous self, it is hard to remember that sacrifice is the only path to flourishing.
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Beyond the Crises in the Church: Pope Benedict XVI’s Pontificate and the Reason for Hope

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Regoli’s book reminds us that the Holy Spirit is constantly at work—that the Church has overcome numerous crises, including in the recent past.
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A Modern-Day Saint: Rosario Livatino and a Judge’s Life “Under God”

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The life of the murdered Sicilian judge Rosario Livatino serves as a testimony of honesty, moral righteousness, and charity. He serves as an example to many people around the world, especially to those involved in law and politics.