On music, noise and silence in the cinema of Robert Bresson

On music, noise and silence in the cinema of Robert Bresson-The secrets of a great director. How does the believing filmmaker approach the seventh art? Here you can listen to the conversation we had with Marcos Azzam Gómez… go download Readers and friends of Cinema and Freedom! The editorial amarante tells us about his The … Read more

Winter Lights | the silence of God and Ingmar Bergman’s favorite film

ROME – “Film, when it’s not documentary, is a dream, that’s why Andrej Tarkovsky is the greatest of them all». Thus spoke Ingmar Bergman, one who over the years has certainly not sent them to say against fellow filmmakers going so far as to define Orson Welles «A hoax», Jean-Luc Godard «Fucking boredom» and Michelangelo … Read more

Spirituality. Silence that speaks: the lesson of the Carthusians

A still from “The Great Silence”, documentary film directed by Philip Gröning in 2005 – archive How many times caught up in discouragement have we felt like a football team at the mercy of the adversary, powerless and offside compared to this time. And maybe looking in the mirror we saw the silhouette of Munch’s … Read more

Prevent your silence from becoming an accomplice

The pastoral letter published by the Dominican bishops on January 21 comments on another letter: the Apostolic Patris Corde from Pope Francis, who attributes to Saint Joseph powers that are not established in the Holy Scriptures. The Dominican bishops reported that 150 years ago Saint Joseph was proclaimed Patron of the Universal Church. If that … Read more

Spirituality. Radcliffe: «Silence and dialogue are the secrets of being a priest»

Timothy Radcliffe – Carlo Brivio We publish here an excerpt from the speech by Timothy Radcliffe, theologian and biblical scholar, contained in the volume signed by Pope Francis According to God’s style. Reflections on the spirituality of the priest (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 72 pages, 5.50 euros), which presents the pontiff’s speech at the recent international … Read more

Spirituality. The silence that speaks: the lesson of the Carthusians

A still from “The Great Silence”, documentary film directed by Philip Gröning in 2005 – archive How many times in despair have we felt like a football team at the mercy of the opponent, powerless and offside compared to this time. And maybe looking in the mirror we saw the outline of Munch’s Scream shouting … Read more

The Silence of God. Cardinal Ravasi’s Reflection on Evil and Hope

[Korazym.org/Blog dell’Editore, 21.10.2022 – Elena Grazini] – The book was released in bookstores and also in e-book format God’s silence. Meditations on the mystery of evil and the courage of hope by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi (TS Edizioni 2022, 204 pages[QUI]), a precious collection of meditations by the famous biblical scholar dedicated to the prophet Jeremiah, … Read more

Culture of incest: a judge breaks the silence – Quartier Interdit with Edouard Durand

My turn to intervene under your thread. 😉 Thank you for these words that I received as a balm to the heart about the “pointers” whose possible causes and difficulties you underline to get out of it, past the time of pain and darkness. Chance or chance, it happens that I know one, a real … Read more

Pour une politique du silence

88 « Si l’interaction humaine est conditionnée par la capacité de parler, elle est façonnée par la capacité de faire silence » Georg Simmel, Secret et sociétés secrètes (1908)   « Le silence, dans notre environnement, est un produit désormais réservé à peu de monde. Le silence est une nécessité de l’existence. 25 millions de Français sont exposés … Read more