International Day of Peace: a date to reconcile and live in harmony

In many regions of the world, the flags of peace are raised as a synonym for no more war! No more conflict! However, human experience has shown that peace has much broader and more diverse meanings; It also depends on the culture and the ways in which communities dialogue and resolve their conflicts. Talking about … Read more

The pope launches his cry for peace for Ukraine from another former Soviet republic, Kazakhstan

Pope Francis made an urgent call on Tuesday in Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan, to demand peace in Ukraine and an immediate end to a conflict he called “tragic and senseless war.” On his 38th pontifical trip, Francis raised his voice alongside the country’s president and said: “I have come to echo the request of … Read more

Places of the soul. The TV Fairy finds peace in the climbs to the Marian shrine

Maria Giovanni Elmi with her husband Gabriele Massarutto – MCG Maria Giovanna Elmi has always been in the hearts of Italians since she was one of the famous “Signorine buonasera” of Rai. He has conducted two Sanremo Festivals: the first of color television, in 1977, with Mike Bongiorno, the second in 1978 with a starring … Read more

Addicted to sports, Alison Bechdel puts her body to the test to find inner peace

THE BD BOX – With The Secret of Superhuman Strength, the American designer delivers a fascinating autobiography articulated around physical exercise and the mental state that results from it. A work of enthusiastic introspection which summons as much Eastern philosophies as Jack Kerouac. As a child, Alison Bechdel was passionate about bodybuilders and quite naturally … Read more

The XXXV Week for Peace: Territories on the Move for Peace! | Episcopal Conference of Colombia

By: P. Rafael Castillo Torres – From September 4 to 11, Colombians celebrate the Week for Peace, as a setting for multiple meetings and at multiple levels in which territorial social mobilization will make visible those processes and efforts of people, organizations and communities that work for the achievement of peace, the peaceful resolution of … Read more

On the way to peace, the 21st edition of the March to Barbiana on 3 September

In Barbiana in the name of peace and non-violence. It is the topicality of Don Milani’s teaching, who still speaks to us today and, as underlined by the President of the Region this morning, offers us food for thought on the issues of the present. “Peace. Between non-violence and resistance “is precisely the theme of … Read more

Gen Verde: a tour in Eastern Europe to build dialogue and peace with young people

The first European tour, after the pandemic, of the international artistic band has ended. Concerts, workshops and meetings in Germany, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic with the dramatic reality of the war in Ukraine in the background. “It was a confirmation of how much art is an effective tool for fostering dialogue and integration”, … Read more

Jesus Christ Superstar al Sistina actualizes his message of peace

Jesus Christ Superstar, a masterpiece by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, is one of the most famous and beloved musicals of all time thanks to its main ability to combine spirituality, pacifism and rock. Not everyone knows that, before becoming a hugely successful stage and film musical,Jesus Christ Superstar was in 1970 a record … Read more

An oasis of peace in a corner of unspoiled nature, here is the church of San Lorenzo in the heart of the Sila

The charm of Calabria is often enclosed in some corners of the territory that smell of mystery. Places that seem to come out of fantastic tales or the paintings of the most famous painters. The imagination in our region more often than not it turns into a reality that leaves you breathless. An uncontaminated beauty … Read more

Abel Ferrara: “We are one step away from the nuclear Holocaust but no one is talking about peace”

On 19 July, Abel Ferrara, the most provocative, controversial and surprising director in Hollywood, was declared seventy, admittedly allergic to the dynamics of the star system and commercial cinema, closer to European artisan cinematographic art. The writer has had the opportunity to interview him several times, finding the constant habit of speaking about him without … Read more