The 21st annual celebration of the Biblical Festival was once again organized by the Society of St. Paul and the Diocese of Vicenza, along with other sponsoring organizations. This year’s event, entitled Psalms: An Infinite Book, took place from April 25 to June 1, 2025, spanning multiple cities and regions across Italy.
The Book of Psalms, with its blend of poetry, prayer, and storytelling, is an open and generative work that expresses the complexity of the human dialogue with oneself, the world, and the infinite. The 2025 festival offered a cultural and spiritual reflection that linked the depth of Sacred Scripture with the challenges of contemporary life, inviting participants to become readers, explorers, and interpreters of these ancient texts.
The Psalter—the largest book in the entire biblical corpus—gathers 150 prayers composed over the span of nearly a millennium. By its very nature, it is marked by diversity, giving voice to emotions and experiences that transcend centuries and cultures. This “infinite book” of supplication and praise, sorrow and joy, guilt and forgiveness, listening and conflict, silence and chaos, has revealed itself as a spiritual journey, a path of humanity and transcendence, capable of speaking to both the personal interior life and the collective human experience.
