In the presence of Pope Francis it closed today, Thursday 15 September, the vii Congress of leaders of world and traditional religions. At the end of the work, in the conference room of the Independence Palace, in Nur-Sultan, the English text of the final declaration was read, which we publish below in our translation. We … Read more
Kazakhstan. Congress of Religious Leaders. The Pope spoke of an “authentic religiosity” that does not use the name of God to promote total war “Let’s never justify violence. Let us not allow the sacred to be instrumentalized by what is profane. Let the sacred not be support of the power and power does not rest … Read more
Of Alaric Lazarus On September 2, 1973, JRR Tolkien, philologist, linguist, academic, writer and noble father of the fantasy genre, of which “The Hobbit” published in 1937 will forever be the eternal progenitor, died in Bournemouth at the age of eighty-two. . A progenitor from which Tolkien will branch out the numerous milestones that tell … Read more
The word, new, spread in Ukraine after the Russian invasion of February 24: “rachism”. contraction of “Russia” and “fascism”, this neologism immediately enjoyed great success. Omnipresent on social networks, where the Russians are renamed “rachistes”, it was quickly taken up by the Ukrainian media, before being adopted to the highest summit of the State. Volodymyr … Read more
After repeated nods to the evangelical segment and a day after saying that the Bible must be fulfilled, former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Friday that he will not campaign based on religious issues. “Religious issues will not be on my political agenda,” assured the presidential candidate of the Workers’ Party (PT). … Read more
“Meduza ”continues his series of articles on documentaries available online which, in the course of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, appear particularly relevant and relevant. Every weekend the film critic Anton Dolin presents a documentary released recently or several years ago, not limited to Ukrainian and Russian authors. This week’s film is Razryv svjazi … Read more
A summer vocation camp for children aged 16 and over will be held in the Vorzel seminary from 15 to 21 August. The building was destroyed and looted in April, during heavy fighting on the outskirts of Kiev. A few kilometers from here, there are the martyr cities of Bucha, Irpin, Borodjanka. “We don’t know … Read more
(by Francesca Lazzarin, PhD in Slavic Studies, translator and interpreter) “Perhaps, to understand where we were going, we should have watched TV more often”, a friend and colleague, a young Russian university professor, writes to me in dismay, two days later on February 24th. Because he prefers private and progressive channels like “Dožd ‘” (known … 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
Krzysztof Zanussi he is a master, a giant of cinema, but above all a free man. The Polish director was the protagonist of the meeting “Cinema, light, life” on Friday 8 July 2022 as part of the Lecco Film Fest. Interviewed by Gianluca Arnoneeditorial coordinator of Foundation of the Entertainment Organizationshowed all his generosity by … Read more