Writing the Absent: Virtual Presences in Early Modern Romance Literature (16th-17th Centuries) September 24-27, 2023, Romanistentag Leipzig Before its success linked to the advent of digital technology, the term “virtual” was used for seven centuries in an exclusively philosophical or mechanical context. In its most common sense since scholastic times virtual (“virtualis”, from “virtus”) is … Read more
How is the life of a nun behind the walls of a monastery? The abbess of the Monastery of Our Lady of Vico will answer this and many other questions in a free access webinar, promoted by the DeClausura Foundation. She will launch a proposal that sounds like a challenge: live seven days in a … Read more
Spirituality 4.0 in the digital age. The 14th edition of the Franciscan festival in Bologna was an opportunity to meet with all the variegated expression of the Italian Franciscan world. Together with the friars (Capuchins, minors, conventuals, regular tertiaries) the numerous ones met families of the nuns. A vast galaxy which are inspired by spirituality … Read more
Click on “play”, close your eyes and let yourself be prayed… In Lent 2022, mobile app of the magazine Pray in Church (edited, as The cross, by Bayard) announced its complete overhaul after fifteen years of existence: from a simple support for liturgical texts, it is now intended to be an aid to prayer. A … Read more
Maria Rita Parsi We have no more excuses! It is appropriate to say “Enough really!” if, in 2022, with all the scientific, humanistic and spiritual discoveries available, with all the economic and natural resources that we could activate, the methods we adopt to give a future to those who are born are, very often, those … Read more