peace and spirituality, religious communities united in common

3′ of reading 12/20/2022 – Christmas at the gates celebrates peace and brings together the representatives of the religious communities present in the city. As every year, the usual meeting between the religious confessions took place in the Municipality, in the presence of the mayor, the councilors and the municipal councilors. Bishop Gerardo Rocconi of … Read more

Mex Urtizberea, the host of a classic gathering: “In ¡Fa! we talk about issues that are common to all” | UPR

Mex Urtizberea receives to The Urban Planet at home, his place in the world, where he currently does almost all his activities: his radio show The morning (Monday to Friday, from 9 to 12, by Nacional Rock) and Fa!a kind of cultural gathering in which, once a month, they have the pleasure of chatting with … Read more

Lebanon: a generator of salvation for man and the common home arrives

In a country plagued by a serious economic, political and social crisis, where humanitarian aid is insufficient, the Church continues to sow hope and turn her attention to issues such as the environment. An energy efficiency project developed by the Maronite friars and inspired by Laudato si’ writes a piece of the future Cecilia Seppia … Read more

Lebanon: a “generator” of salvation for man and our Common Home arrives

In a country devastated by a serious economic, political and social crisis, where humanitarian aid is insufficient, the Church continues to sow hope and direct its gaze to issues such as the environment. An energy efficiency project developed by the Maronite friars and inspired by Laudato si’ rewrites a part of the future Cecilia Seppia … Read more

Ecological Dimension: challenged to educate and promote the spirituality of caring for our Common Home

The Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean celebrated its first anniversary and on October 31, Pope Francis was presented with the text Towards a Synodal Church going out to the peripheries that arose from this process of community listening, dialogue and discernment This December 2, the continental meetings ended with the analysis of … Read more

The 10 Most Common Demonic Possession Horror Tropes (And The Movies That Subvert Them) | Pretty Reel

Demonic Possession movies haven’t had a good movie in a few years, with My Best Friend’s Exorcism on Amazon being the newest and not getting the most positive reviews. But while there aren’t any great possession movies lately, there are some great movies from years past. There are many popular tropes in these films of … Read more

The common good, a look back at the origins of a concept in tune with the times

Such a strong need for the commons: perhaps this is revealed, consciously or not, by the references to the common good that today pepper public and private conversations. At a time of hyperindividualism and all-out commodification, of a precariousness of public services and an exacerbation of private interests in the economic struggle, the reference to … Read more

The spiritual vertigo of common life

Last Friday, in the Maxxi auditorium in Rome, Antonio Spadaro’s book «Oltrecolore. Hopper Rothko Warhol Basquiat »(Milan, Life and Thought, 2022, pages 120, euro 15). Among the speakers of the meeting, introduced by Giovanna Melandri, president of the Maxxi Foundation, the visual artist Gregorio Botta and Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery … Read more

REPAM: continue the common ideal of service to the people of God in the Amazon

It is about “working in a network that day by day weaves the future of our land in different spaces and realities with common care through an integral ecology as the encyclical Laudato si, inspiration for our doing and living, asks us” It is about “working in a network that day by day weaves the … Read more

The harsh attack of Ricolfi: “On the left the weaker classes and the common people look with contempt”

It is not true that on the left they do not ask because the people prefer right-wing parties. If they ask and how. It is the answer to this question that reveals all the “contempt with which the leaders of the left look at the weaker classes and the common people”. The passage is … Read more