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On the day of his 90th birthday, the Tabula Gratulatoria will be presented in the Vanvitellian Hall of the Angelica Library in Rome.

Eve's Mirror is an essay on gender-based violence. A book, in more than one respect, “composite and protean.” Not only and not so much a denunciation, but a researched and evocative journey that illuminates the innermost folds of an ancient problem. Yet dramatically current. Well-grounded in the present, but not oblivious to the past and attentive to the future, “the essays, varied and complementary,” that comprise it, in fact, “traverse the history of the world, of the country and of religions.” And by analyzing “normative and jurisprudential achievements, international relations with EU commitments and the goals of the UN 2030 Agenda, the world of work, society and the family,” they represent a valuable tool for renewed reflection. But, also and above all, a call for commitment, ethical and in a high political sense, from each and every one.

Special opening of the Angelica Library on Saturday, November 16 4 - 7 pm. A number of printed volumes on Hildegard of Bingen will be on display on the occasion. Hildegard of Bingen Discussions and Readings 4:45 p.m. Songs of a Benedictine mystic echo loudly in the cradle of Augustinian thought, admirable gilded volumes testify today to the intellectual and soulful flavor of Hildegard. Cultural appointment and more. The intent is to pay homage to a woman who lived more than eight centuries ago, but with relevant artistic and modern connotations. A life intertwined with spirituality and “worldliness,” understood, etymologically, as consciousness and active participation: realizing a world of love, cultivating the arts, from literature to botany, from music to alchemy. From humble beginnings he soon took the path of postulant monasticism, confronting kings, popes, emperors and high political offices, never forgetting his faith relationship with God and man. As a prelude to and on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, a portrait of a woman made spokeswoman for the humble, who steadfastly and self-sacrificingly defended women's rights, which were already strongly subject to the ancestral and harsh judgment of men. Oppressed in […]

SEMINAR STUDY ON THE TEXT by Giacomo Tantardini THE HEART AND GRACE IN SAINT AUGUSTINE DISTINCTION AND CORRESPONDENCE by Fr. Virgilio Pacioni - O.S.A. Professor Emeritus of Patrology and Philosophy Patristic Institute Augustinianum |...| mihi quaestio factus sum |...| I became a problem to myself |...] (St. Augustine, Confessions 10.33.50 ) Reading of some texts by M. Heidegger and St. Augustine on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024 7:30 p.m. Angelica Library - Reading Room Piazza di Sant'Agostino 8 - Rome For information Tel. 347 4269354 e-mail: colucci@tiscali.it; vergilius.pacioni@gmail.com

Picassodefi is a project that connects the traditional art world with the innovative world of digital art. In particular, Picassodefi presented the artist's book Excelsis, created on the occasion of Jubilee 2025, the Jubilee of Hope.