FANO – The first application presented to the Municipality of Fano by the monastic community of Trappist friars of Frattocchie, a hamlet in the municipality of Marino, 20 kilometers from Rome, dates back to 2014, for the foundation of a monastery in Prelato, near Monte Giove. Arrived immediately in favor Although the junta at the … Read more
« Commençons », me dit Nobuhiko Ise en entamant un rythme rapide sur son taiko, un tambour japonais. Il m’explique que c’est pour appeler les kamis et ainsi marquer le début du rituel de prière Shinto, la religion indigène du Japon. Nous sommes assis tous les deux dans le Tsushima Inari Jinja, un sanctuaire comme il en … 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 dismayed friend and colleague, a young Russian university professor, wrote to me two days later on February 24th. Because he prefers private and progressive channels like “Dozhd’” (known in Europe … Read more
The Feast for the Custody of Creation, promoted by the diocesan group Laudato si ‘, continues in the pastoral zone 1; in fact, the Laudato si ‘group of Zone 1 organizes two events. The first will be in Brignano Gera d’Adda, at the church of S. Agnese, where, in collaboration with the cultural group “Mons … Read more
Her name seems foreign and carries a redundancy: Melania, in Greek, is something like “blackness”; and Lenoir, in French, “black”. The paradox is that she Melania Lenoir, the one squared in black on her document, is blonde and white. This actress goes on stage in three projects at the same time: “Forever Young” (Picadero), “Shrek” … Read more
Journalists protest the detention of José Rubén Zamora in Guatemala. Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua are representative cases of countries characterized by a resounding process of democratic deterioration and the siege of civil society. In Guatemala, the undermining of the rule of law, the criminalization and harassment of human rights defenders human rights and journalists … Read more
In Guatemala, the detriment of the rule of law, the criminalization and harassment of human rights defenders and journalists is a routine practice of the government and of a judicial apparatus that has been placed at its disposal, as could be seen in the recent arrest of José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, director of the newspaper … 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