Engage the Past Through Sounds and Images: this is the theme of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2019, promoted by UNESCO and celebrated every year on 27 October. The aim of WDAH is to raise awareness of the importance of preserving our collective histories–often captured on film, video, audio or digital formats–because…
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Awareness and initiatives to denounce anti-Christian persecution are increasing but nevertheless the phenomenon continues to spread, taking on different forms and finding new perpetrators. Almost 300 million Christians live in lands where they are persecuted simply because they are Christian. This data comes from the report of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), a…
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has been designated World Book Capital 2020. The title is awarded annually by UNESCO to a city in recognition of the quality of its programs to promote the dissemination and reading of books. The International Association of Publishers (IPA) and the International Federation of Booksellers’ Associations (IFLA) participate in the initiative. Kuala… Read more »
After days of intense work, the jury of the Religion Today Film Festival has chosen the winning films of this 22nd edition of the event, which focused on mission as the real protagonist–a travel experience, not in the sense of giving up one’s house, but in order to build more houses in more cultures. …
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By means of the Motu Proprio Aperuit Illis, promulgated on 30 September 2019 (the liturgical memorial of St. Jerome), Pope Francis has established that the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time is to be devoted to the celebration, study and dissemination of the Word of God. The Pope opens the document by reminding everyone that at …
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“So that you may tell your children and grandchildren (Ex. 10:2). Life creates history.”“By choosing this theme, taken from a passage in the Book of Exodus, for the 54th World Communications Day,” reads a Vatican press release, “Pope Francis underscores how particularly precious is the patrimony of memory in communications. The Pope has emphasized…
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Experts in the field of today’s most advanced technologies, along with philosophers, theologians and representatives of a variety of other backgrounds, gathered in the Vatican from 26-28 September 2019 to participate in a seminar organized by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Pontifical Council for Culture. To understand technological development in our… Read more »
Get to your feet! This command, addressed not only to individuals but also to society as a whole, perfectly sums up the identity of Talitha Kum, the international network of consecrated women against human trafficking set up by UISG (the International Union of Women Superiors General). This year the anti-trafficking network is celebrating its tenth …
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The 23rd edition of Italy’s annual Mantua Literature Festival focused on the theme Space of Thought Against Trivialization. The program included over 300 appointments with storytellers, essayists and other guest speakers. At the center of the event were issues related to the Mediterranean, to Europe and to the movement of peoples, but a lot of…
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The first African American to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature (1993), Toni Morrison was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (the highest civil recognition in the USA) by President Barack Obama in 2012. Her books expose the banality and clichés about race and racism, powerfully illustrating that we no longer understand the true… Read more »
