Like several other new communities, ‘The Family of Mary’ was placed under guardianship by the Vatican in June 2022, for suspicions of psychological and spiritual abuse. A surprisingly discreet approach aimed at a community with “sulphurous” emanations, whose ramifications extend as far as Switzerland and within the Vatican itself. Gebhard Paul Maria Sigl would own … Read more
American writer Hugh Howey told in April 2023 how he inspired ChatGPT to invent a new religion. The online chatbot returned a very complete answer, with the key “ten commandments”. “Harmonism” has at least two followers. The writer Hugh Howey and his wife have recently identified themselves as followers of the new religion. The latter … Read more
Surveys show it: adhering to any religion does not necessarily mean giving up on one’s spiritual life. But what does this spirituality feed on, and how does it relate to and outside of established religions? The point with different specialists. Anne-Sylvie Sprenger, Protestinfo Less than two centuries after Nietzsche, God is said to be dead … Read more
As prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), Cardinal Ratzinger has had strained relations with liberation theology. His appreciation of this theology, however, evolved under pressure from Latin American bishops. Jacques Berset, for cath.ch Used for the first time in Latin America in 1968 by Gustavo Gutiérrez, a Peruvian priest who … Read more
The Council of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Switzerland (EERS) and the Conference of Swiss Bishops (CES) exchanged on fundamental and current questions during a retreat, on November 22 and 23 at the convent of Kappel am Albis, communicates the CES on December 1, 2022. Representatives of the two major churches emphasized their intention to … Read more
The film On the Line, the expelled from America, by Alex Gohari and Léo Mattei (France) received the award for best feature film at the Prix Farel Festival in Neuchâtel. The documentary gives voice to Mexicans expelled from the United States. The Prix Farel, international film festival on spirituality, ethics and religion, based in Neuchâtel, … Read more
On the Piazza Grande in Locarno, Anne-Béatrice Schwab enjoys the summer sun. The Vaudoise, passionate about cinema since her youth, is this year a member of the ecumenical jury of the Locarno Film Festival. “It’s a gift,” she explains before joining a dark room for the next protection. Raphaël Rauch, kath.ch / translation adaptation Maurice … Read more
St. Michael’s Church, FriborgThe evangelical pastor Olivier Fasel, from the book of Wisdom – Sg 9, 13-18 This first reading is taken from the book of Wisdom, a book that the Protestant Bibles do not retain, because it would not have been written in Hebrew, it is only found in Greek. Our passage, however, poses … Read more
The summer of all contrasts. Sun and freedom drove the crowds to the beaches and tourist spots. But it was also the painful heat wave, the forest fires, the drought. Bravo for the generous reception of 60,000 Ukrainian refugees in Switzerland. But the war is far from over there, with its cruel procession of death … Read more
Some 36% of Waldensians declare themselves to be without confession, this proportion of the population is not necessarily without spiritual references. Whether one is Protestant, Catholic or Muslim, living one’s faith or one’s spirituality differs above all according to generation and gender. This is explained by the special issue of numberpublished by “Statistique Vaud” on … Read more