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In Agenda - L'Osservatore Romano
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (78+ words) In Agenda osservatoreromano. va On May 14, at the Pontifical Marianum Faculty in Rome, "A Tribute to Michela Murgia" will be held. The speakers at the event are Simona Segoloni Ruta and Marinella Perroni. On May 20, as part of the reading…...
Rosalia's God
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (1307+ words) osservatoreromano. va " Vatican City " Amidst faith, music and identity: a spiritual and creative journey Rosal'a is 33 years old, with a larger-than-life presence. It is not just that dyed blonde crown that might suggest a kind of halo, nor her outfits…...
Alchemy and visions
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (866+ words) osservatoreromano. va " Vatican City " Bodies, matter and feminine knowledge in the work of Anselm Kiefer In the history of science, female alchemists have long remained at the margins of the official narrative, yet they were deeply rooted in the processes…...
Dowsers and storks: off the beaten track in search of the spirit
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (1090+ words) There is an outdated image that can still convey an idea. Following impulses in search of waters and energies does not keep us on the beaten path, instead, this image pushes us to move forward by often changing direction. Perhaps…...
I am catholic, but not an echo
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (615+ words) osservatoreromano. va " Vatican City " Amidst faith and unease: remaining in the Church and making one's voice heard I am catholic, but not an echo I am a woman in the Catholic Church. Why, as a woman, do I choose to…...
Migrants and new faith
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (204+ words) Professor Aubourg, are you observing a change today in the relationship with the sacred, or more generally in the relationship with religion and religious practice? We often hear about the influence of Islam on this renewed relationship with religious practice....
The sacred that divides, the holy that unites
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (414+ words) I don't know whether one can really speak of a "return to the sacred. For us Christians, if that were the case, it would represent a defeat. The "sacred, in fact, although anthropologically a fundamental category, is by its nature…...
When language creates boundaries
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (361+ words) Anna Carfora and Annalisa Guida "Le parole della migrazione" [The Words of Migration] Il Pozzo di Giacobbe, 2025 Edited by two of our friends, the historian Anna Carfora and the biblical scholar Annalisa Guida, the text brings together thirteen contributions from…...
Isabella Pedicini: the female body in art, a threshold between the visible and the invisible
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (113+ words) All art contains a striving towards the transcendental dimension, even when it deals with what is most real and immediate. Isabella Pedicini, art historian, lecturer and writer, starts from here when asked where the sacred can be found in contemporary…...
The need for meaning
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (910+ words) osservatoreromano. va " Vatican City " New forms of spirituality amid crisis and transformation The need for meaning In recent years, the world seems to have begun asking questions we thought had been buried beneath modernity and secularization. For example, what does…...