A spirituality of encounter to live synodality in the Church

“Practicing the spirituality of encounter: this is essential for living synodality in the Church”. This is what the Pope declared to the members of the Primatial Council of the Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine received in audience on Friday morning January 13 in the Private Library. We publish below the speech of the … Read more

The spirituality of the encounter is essential for synodality

Receiving in audience the Primal Council of the Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine, Pope Francis recalled that consecrating oneself to God means making the Gospel the rule of life, loving Christ and the Church, which is his body. But also adapting to the circumstances of time, places and cultures. And he affirmed that … Read more

‘My encounter with evil’, the Mexican Netflix series made with Colombian talent that premieres this October 28

This Friday, October 28, one of the choices to end Halloween and the month of terror is my encounter with evila Netflix docuseries of Mexican stories produced by pure Colombian talent. This documentary series is directed by directors Ramiro García Bogliano, Adrián García Bogliano and Carlos Meléndez. It has four chapters in which it presents … Read more

Perspective. St. Francis of Assisi Novena, encounter with spirituality

At 4:30 in the morning, when most of Bogotanos sleep, in the San Francisco de Asís parish the bells ring, the carols and the tambourines, while hundreds of families gather to make the traditional Christmas bonus novena around a manger that, more than an altarpiece with sheep, means the birth of hope. The novena is … Read more

Pompeii in an Egyptian film, Shawky stages the encounter between cultures

A film on Pompeii seen from the Arab world. “I Am Hymns of the New Temples” by Egyptian artist Wael Shawky arrives in Pompeii. At the end of the production started in the winter of 2020-2021, the new film by the Egyptian artist Wael Shawky (Alexandria, 1971) I Am Hymns of the New Temples was … Read more

Five choirs mark the return to the presence of the Christmas Musical Encounter in San Roque

The magic of December brings back the Christmas Musical Encounter at the San Roque church, after two years of being held virtually due to the health restrictions caused by Covid-19. The event will take place on Sunday 11, at 8:30 p.m. Your admission will be free. It is organized by the Association for Art and … Read more

“Let us tell”: a human encounter to decolonize history

Talking stick in hand, Abenaki director Kim O’Bomsawin and her team traveled more than 30,000 kilometers between September 2020 and May 2022 to create the new documentary series “Laissez-nous parle”, which is coming to ICI Télé over the next few Saturdays. Huge fresco, the series, as useful as necessary, seeks to restore the facts on … Read more

Aaron Pilsan: musical pilgrimage to encounter the sacred

As part of the sixth edition of the Musicales de Baabdath, the Austrian pianist Aaron Pilsan splendidly sounded, on Friday October 21 in the Saint-Joseph church in Monnot, his Bechstein like a baroque orchestra imbued with a few romantic colors, showing with careful sensitivity. The audacious program of the evening takes the audience to the … Read more

Giorgio Cini Foundation: for 70 years a ‘free port’ of culture, art and the encounter between civilizations

San Giorgio in Venice is much more than an island: extraordinarily beautiful and located in the most panoramic place of the city, right in front of the San Marco basin, San Giorgio means a Benedictine monastery that has over a thousand years of life, the majestic Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore, designed by Andrea Palladio, … Read more