As announced by the Provincial Manager and Vice President Marco Sossai, the Rangers of the “Volunteers of Europe”, after a positive start to the 2023 New Year’s Eve in Caorle (VE), provided environmental protection services aimed at prevention activities and the Police of proximity during the “Panevin” for the celebrations of the Epiphany. The sites … Read more
In this time of Advent, C8 presents a tour of France of twelve sanctuaries, cathedrals and basilicas dedicated to the Virgin. These jewels erected following apparitions or to ask for protection, have attracted pilgrims and the curious for 17 centuries. At the time of the foundations, Clotilde would have attributed her marriage with Clovis and … Read more
David Bersan is an author of essays on film directors Yasujiro Ozu and Ingmar Bergman. Veronese by birth, but Milanese by adoption, he often intervenes as a speaker at cultural initiatives promoted by the municipal libraries of Milan “Crescencego” and “Lambrate”. Bersan also holds a licentiate in spiritual theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in … Read more
Sophie de Villeneuve: “See, judge, act”: is this somewhat forgotten instruction from Catholic Action still relevant today? Raphael Buyse: It is still current. It is even one of the spiritual pearls of our Church, in the same way as the Rule of Saint Benedict, the great intuitions of Saint Francis of Assisi or the beautiful … Read more
In an atmosphere of celebration, conviviality and spirituality, the inaugural assembly of the Catholic Action of the diocese of Catanzaro-Squillace took place in the “Sancti Petri” hall of the Episcopio in Catanzaro. A moment, the latter, which was an opportunity for members from parishes throughout the diocese to meet and rediscover the beauty of relationships. … Read more
While President Macron has announced the return to the society of sobriety, here is a book that risks challenging the French. Daring to talk about “The joy of eating” (1) when inflation gallops and consumers see the first food shortages appearing is not lacking in salt. But when Professor Lecerf undertook to write his work, … Read more
Sophie de Villeneuve: “See, judge, act”: is this somewhat forgotten instruction from Catholic Action still relevant today? Raphael Buyse: It is still current. It is even one of the spiritual pearls of our Church, in the same way as the Rule of Saint Benedict, the great intuitions of Saint Francis of Assisi or the beautiful … Read more
They are two women, lecturers by profession, to share the same passion for these statues nestled on the facades of buildings in Lyon: Laurence Benoit and Catherine de Rivaz. In the 1990s, they began their inventory. Verdict: more than 200 statues, whereas there were 400 at the beginning of the 20th century. And for many … Read more
Keep It Simple. Marvel. To be of service. Here, for Jacques Gauthier, are three secrets for rediscovering the spirit of childhood at Thérèse’s school. Married and father of a family in Canada, poet and essayist, specialist in saints and columnist for Aleteia, Jacques Gauthier has published more than 80 books, including a dozen on Saint … Read more
The French left has long been considered a political force of testimony and social protest unsuited to the exercise of supreme responsibilities. It has stubbornly acquired a culture and governmental credibility. This posture has fed an apparatus that has thrived for decades on the gap between opposition discourse and government practice to finally precipitate its … Read more