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Transcendence in Cinema: An Interview with Paul Schrader
Paul Schrader (born July 22, 1946) is one of the most influential screenwriters, film directors, and film theorists of contemporary cinema. Few filmmakers have explored with such consistency the great spiritual questions of human existence: guilt and redemption, grace and…
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Francesco De Gregori, Inside the Singer-Songwriter’s Suitcase
Let’s begin this musical and poetic journey through the songs of Francesco De Gregori with the track “Signora aquilone” (1972), which is part of the album Theorius Campus, released with Antonello Venditti. It contains some of the themes favored by the Roman singer-songwriter…
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Lourdes, Chronicles of a Mystery
René Laurentin’s famous study Lourdes, Histoire authentique des apparitions remains to this day the most comprehensive and well-documented account of the events that took place in Lourdes between February 11 and July 16, 1858. Begun to commemorate the centennial of the…
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Michel Foucault, An Archaeologist of Silence
The centennial of Michel Foucault’s birth falls in 2026. His contributions across diverse fields of knowledge, from psychology and philosophy, to sociology, politics and literature, combine a structural approach (even though Foucault rejected this label) with a wealth of…
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In Minor Keys
The Venice Biennale has always been a pioneer of new artistic trends and a reflection of a “pluralism of voices.” Inaugurated in 1895 with the aim of “establishing a biennial national art exhibition,” which was then still lacking in Italy, the appearance of pluralism is more…
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Judging With Christ the Judge
The Old Testament often proclaims that the Lord is king. It was said of the God whose name is thrice holy, who reigned over the constellations of the heavens: “The Lord is king! let the earth rejoice” (Ps 97:1). The Lord was first seen as the King of Israel, then as the King of…
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Youth Formation and the Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas
In April 2025, 16-year-old Adam Raine died by suicide in California after months of confiding in a generative AI chatbot. His parents’ subsequent lawsuit against OpenAI alleged that the system had become his “closest confidant” and, in the end, his “suicide coach.”[1] The point…
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‘The Odyssey’
The gigantic Trojan Horse with Greek soldiers hidden inside appears on the sandy shore just outside the city walls. Yet to be “given” to the Trojans, it recalls the sunken Statue of Liberty in Franklin J. Schaffner’s Planet of the Apes. Thus begins Christopher Nolan’s 2026 film…
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‘That the World May Have Life.’ The Apostolic Journey of Leo XIV to France
From September 25 to 28, 2026, Pope Leo XIV traveled to France on his fifth apostolic journey, with stops in Paris, Saint-Denis, Lourdes and Metz, and a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The trip’s logo…
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Ukraine and the Human Cost of the Conflict
There is a profound dissonance to grapple with when describing the current situation of Ukraine, which has been resisting Russian invasion for nearly five years. The nation is fighting to preserve its independence against a threat to its sovereignty and national identity, while…
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‘Agnus Dei’
At the Benedictine monastery of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome, an ancient tradition is renewed every year. In January, the nuns take in and care for two newborn lambs. When they are sheared for the first time, the wool is used to weave the pallia, the liturgical insignia…