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Easter Iconography and Theology
To conclude the biblical Tuesdays that have marked our journey between October 2025 and April 2026, we are pleased to make available a special in-depth study dedicated to Easter iconography. This deeply resonant reflection invites us to savor and contemplate with greater awareness the mysteries we are about to celebrate. The session is led by Alice Ferrari, an artist from the Centro Aletti in Rome, and Father Giacomo Perego, a biblical scholar with the Society of St. Paul and collaborator with Sobicain. This entire lecture series of biblical Tuesdays has been an ongoing initiative promoted by the Centro Culturale San…
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“Women should remain silent.” (1 Cor 14:34)
What was the Apostle Paul’s true stance on women in ministry? It is a complex question: how is it possible that Paul’s letters contain such seemingly contradictory positions—appearing remarkably progressive in some passages while remaining strictly bound by the social conventions of his time in others? Whether we can genuinely find the seeds of “gender equality” within Pauline literature remains a subject of intense scholarly debate. These compelling questions will be the focus of an upcoming webinar organized by the Italian Biblical Association, in collaboration with the Higher Institute of Religious Sciences of Padua. The event is scheduled for Wednesday,…
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Bethlehem and the Geography of Faith
The journalist María Antonieta Collins organized a trip to the Holy Land to rediscover the foundational sites of faith, such as Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Jerusalem. This is the first episode of a program dedicated to the ‘geography of faith,’ where we can listen to exegetes, archaeologists, and experts on the holy sites engaging in a dialogue with María Antonieta. The following video takes us to the origins of Christmas and the early years of Jesus’ life, helping us to reconstruct the event of grace that involved the Holy Family. “
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Don Alberione: Word and Mission
“Your parish is… the world!” For those who carry the Gospel—which is Christ—in their hearts, and who experience the same missionary zeal as the apostle Paul, there are no boundaries. Don Alberione was absolutely convinced of this, and it is a joy to remember him on his liturgical memorial, which we celebrate every year on November 26.
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Don Alberione: Word and Prayer
If prayer truly constitutes the main pillar of Christian life, it is also important to recognise that not all prayer is the same! To pray with the Word of God is to tune into a vast history where human words and divine words have woven together, finding expression in invocations, praises, psalms, acts of surrender and trust, requests for forgiveness, and blessings.
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Don Alberione: Word and Family
“A Bible in every family!” With this short slogan, Don Alberione articulated the immediate objective of the mission entrusted to his sons and daughters worldwide: to ensure that the entire Bible—and not just the Gospel—found its way into every family and every setting, allowing everyone to read “the letter the Heavenly Father has sent to His beloved children.”
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Don Alberione: Word and Eucharist
Christian faith is built on a dual foundation: the Eucharist (the source and summit of Christian life) and the Word of God (the wellspring from which to draw sustenance). Don Alberione was so convinced of this truth that he always kept these two aspects united: while he would expose the Eucharist on the altar for the adoration of the faithful, he would simultaneously open the Bible there so that it could be read or proclaimed. He recommended to his followers not only the daily celebration of the Eucharist, but also the daily reading of the Word.
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Don Alberione: Word and Communication
A treasure as immense as the Word of God cannot remain sealed. Having experienced its richness and power firsthand, Don Alberione calls on us to bring the Word to everyone, utilizing every possible and imaginable means and pathway. The underlying conviction is singular: love is only authentic when it becomes a gift, expressed through gestures, words, and silence.
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Don Alberione: Listening to the Word
The foundation of Don Alberione’s relationship with the Word of God lies in the experience of listening: listening to God, to man, and to the events of the time. Only in this manner can one respect the fruitful process of incarnation that allows the Word to continue shaping and reshaping humanity.
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Toward Easter with Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini
As Holy Week approaches, the Martini Foundation proposes to listen again to the audios from the 1983-1984 School of the Word: meditations beginning with Psalm 50 (51), which Martini wanted to place under the title “Path of Reconciliation.” Martini’s reflection leads to “making us more attentive and responsible about the problems of human and cosmic reconciliation,” because “there can be no true, lasting, stable social and political reconciliation among men, peoples, nations, without conversion of heart.” Words that seem particularly relevant in the times we are living, marked by conflict, polarization and resistance to ask for and grant forgiveness. Follow…
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SambuhayTV’s Way of the Cross 2024: Reflection on the Our Father This Year of Prayer
Once again SambuhayTV, just like the previous years, the multimedia apostolic initiative of the priests and brothers of the Society of Saint Paul Philippines offers its yearly Via Crucis or Way of the Cross. This year’s team is Journeying to the Heart of the Lord’s Prayer, a theme that seeks to respond to Pope Francis’ call to dedicate this year as a Year of Prayer in preparation for the Jubilee year 2025. The venue for this year’s Via Crucis features the Stations of the Cross in Pinagmisahan Hill, Antipolo City, a famous pilgrimage site for Filipinos, especially those devoted to…
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On the road to Easter with the Gregorian University Foundation
The Gregorian University Fondation invite to register for this year’s virtual guided retreat extended over the six weeks of Lent. There will be two talks per week with reflections drawn from the Gospel as well as from personal experiences that can offer participants inspiration, motives and practices for finding and cultivating hope this Lenten season. The talks will be posted each Sunday and Wednesday and will be available for viewing whenever is convenient. The retreat is complimentary and open to anyone who is interested and registers by clicking below. See more.
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For a Lent Illuminated by the Word
The various dioceses of Italy proposes numerous initiatives on how to live the forty-day journey towards Easter “in the light of the Word.” We present here what has been put in place by the Diocese of Brescia, which is easily available on the dedicated website: diocesi.brescia.it/quaresima-2024/. In order for the Word to bear fruit, Lent is a “necessary” a time of listening where it becomes a vital space. This is what is proposed to children, young people and families with the slogan Good Morning Jesus. All in a word game that becomes listening to the Word par excellence, thanks to…
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The Conversion of Saul to Paul: An Ever-Present Experience
On Jan. 25, the liturgical feast of the conversion of St. Paul, TV2000, a television channel of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, will features stories that narrate the irruption of divine grace into the lives of people of all times. Testimonies that emphasize how much the experience of “conversion” (or “revelation”) involving the apostle of the Gentiles is not just a narrative device of Luke in the Acts of the Apostles or of Paul himself in his letters, but is the experience of that unprecedented encounter with God that can concern many others and that always changes existence. It is sad,…
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Federazione Biblica Cattolica: Conference on the Sunday of the Word
On the occasion of the Word of God Sunday that we celebrated on Jan. 21, the Catholic Bible Federation (FeBiC) organized a conference that had the merit of comparing four different areas of the world, making them dialogue on how the Word of God is received and proclaimed in very different contexts. The entire conference is available at these links: In occasione delFull packet: https://c-b-f.me/DPD2024-Conference CBF website: https://c-b-f.org/streaming YouTube: https://youtu.be/sk2a3PBe1nQ
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A Life Changed by the Word: Daddy Yankee’s Conversion
Daddy Yank says goodbye to music to devote himself to faith. At 46 years old, the Puerto Rican singer, rapper, producer and author of songs such as “Gasolina” has decided to change his life. “I am not ashamed to tell the whole world that Jesus lives in me and that I will live for him,” he explained to his fans after his last concert held at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in Puerto Rico. “For many years I have been trying to fill a void in my life that no one has been able to fill,” he continued. “I went…
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Remaking of Jesus 1979… in Animated version
Cinema, animation, and Scripture will once again “meet” in a project where they will present the life of Jesus Christ: the animated remake of the 1979 Jesus Film which is set to release for Christmas of 2025. The Cru film ministry is working on a next-generation remake of the iconic 1979 movie seen by millions. The popular Jesus Film of 1979 is an American Biblical drama film directed by Peter Sykes and John Krish which depicts the life of our Lord, a depiction of the life of Jesus based on the narratives of the gospel according to Luke. The said…
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When the River Meets the Sea: the Parables of Today
Don Marco Pozza and Msgr. Dario Viganò choose to bring courage to TV: that of actualizing the parables of Jesus in the stories of ordinary people and what those very stories tell. The first-person testimonies of the protagonists are the key to reach more directly to the hearts of viewers, putting them in touch with the pages of the Gospel parables. Fr. Mark’s interventions then add keys that transform the texts and stories into food for thought for all. To see the different episodes and learn more, visit the page quandoilfiumeincontrailmare .
