Music and faith; Culture and spirituality are themes that revolve around this conversation with Father Jordi-A. Piqué i Collado, monk of Montserrat, organist and doctor in Dogmatic Theology who currently presides (dean) the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome. He holds the chair of Liturgical Theology Marsili Chair and has composed the Mass Locus iste, which … Read more
According to researchers from Harvard and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in a new study, spirituality can have a positive impact when it comes to serious illnesses; and they believe that incorporating it into health care, for those who are spiritual, could be beneficial. “Spirituality is important to many patients when they think about their … Read more
Spirituality is associated with better health outcomes and patient care. According to a study by experts from Harvard School of Public Health And Brigham and Women’s Hospitalspirituality should be incorporated into the treatment of both serious illness and general health. “This study represents the most rigorous and comprehensive systematic analysis of modern health and spirituality … Read more
Dallas, USA – African-American adults who report significant religious activity or deep spiritual beliefs are more likely to have better lifestyle and good cardiovascular health as defined by the American Heart Association, according to a US study. The results were published in the Journal of the American Heart Association[1]. Religiosity, spirituality and 7 indicators of … Read more
. Researchers grouped participants by religious behaviors (their self-reported levels of participation in religious services/Bible study groups, private prayer, and use of religious beliefs or practices to cope with difficult life situations and to stressful events – called religious adaptation in the study); and spirituality (belief in the existence of a supreme being, deity or … Read more
On August 5, Pope Francis received in audience Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, to authorize the promulgation of the decree on the heroic virtues of the Servant of God, John Sanchez Hernandezdiocesan worker priest and founder of the Secular Institute Secular Servants of Jesus Christ Priest; declaring it … Read more
Everything is linked, writes Pope Francis. Connect, connect, connect! launches Edgar Morin. Interdependence, or “interbeing”, teach the Buddhists. Did we get the message correctly? It is simple: I am viscerally linked to everything that exists, to the alpine meadow where the herds come to graze, and to the sky where the typhoons rumble; to the … Read more
There are still discoveries to be made about the history of Notre-Dame. Custodian of a very important background on the history of the cathedral of Paris, the National Library of France (BnF) has just enriched its collections by acquiring a manuscript from the end of the 16th century, during the sale Phidias on May 19 … Read more