10 films with nuns, priests and popes, when religious figures are the protagonists

Bresson, Schrader, Meirelles and Komasa. Let’s find out some directors and which of their films have best told the life of the most common religious figures. What happens behind the walls of a nunnery, among the palaces of papal power or in the abbeys of the most remote villages, has always been a curiosity of … Read more

Pietro da Morrone and his spirituality still alive in the Celestine Benedictine nuns

He loved the hermitic life and chose Mount Morrone and the Maiella massif, in Abruzzo, to fully adhere to the Gospel. His example attracted several young people and gave life to a religious congregation by adopting the rule of Saint Benedict. Female Benedictine monasteries also adhered to the constitutions, today the only ones to follow … Read more

The prosecco of cloistered nuns was born, inaugurated with Zaia

“Passion, competence and… spirituality. These are the ingredients of the extraordinary project of the Cistercian nuns of Monastery of Saints Gervasio and Protasiofrom Vittorio Veneto: in their cloistered convent they have started producing excellent prosecco!They did so to continue the traditional vocation of wine production in so many places of spirituality, but also to actively … Read more

Milan Fashion Week: surfer priests and nuns who score goals. On display are the “mystical” shots by Stefano Guindani

from Gian Luca Bauzano During the Milan fashion week the exhibition opens Mens sana in corpore sano, a monographic of the well-known fashion and celebrity photographer. Protagonists religious men and women engaged in their favorite sports and competitive passions, a mystical wellness Top models and great stylists, big screen actors and fashion shows. The international … Read more

Pietro da Morrone and his spirituality still alive in the celestine Benedictine nuns

He loved the hermit life and chose Mount Morrone and the Maiella massif, in Abruzzo, to adhere fully to the Gospel. His example of him attracted several young people and gave birth to a religious congregation by adopting the rule of St. Benedict. To adhere to the constitutions were also female Benedictine monasteries, today the … Read more

Discalced Carmelite Nuns: Pray for Approval

The Discalced Carmelite nuns of the community located in San José de Maipo (Metropolitan Region) shared —through a letter addressed to Chileans— their reflections on the proposed constitution prepared by the Constitutional Convention. The reflection was born within this group of women dedicated to contemplation, inspired by the figure of the Mexican Juan Diego, the … Read more

An abbey, with young nuns and vocations, offers four helps to discover if God is calling you

In the south of England, specifically on the Isle of Wight, a place close to the coast but sparsely inhabited, there is a striking and lively monastic life. On the outskirts of the town of Ryde and in a beautiful natural setting facing the sea is the Abbey of Santa Ceciliawhere a large group of … Read more