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Bible stories for Kids (on video!)
Gominno.com is the leading voice around the globe for using media to spark kids’ imaginations and curiosity around God and the Bible. “We connect families through media that creates shared faith experiences, supporting parents and grownups, and paving the way for enduring spiritual growth in children. At every touchpoint, we demonstrate our expertise with kids. Because we understand our audience, we can create content that is genuinely exciting, inspiring, engaging, and age-appropriate — content that kids care about. Minno partners with experts in media, child development, education, and theology to make sure we get it right!”. Have a look here.
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“The Power of the Limit” at the Biblical Festival
The 22nd edition of the Biblical Festival centers on the profound theme, “The Power of the Limit.” In a world that often views limitations as barriers to be broken and power as the unilateral exercise of force, the festival invites us to shift our perspective. It proposes rediscovering the limit as an essential dimension of the human condition—a fertile space for meaning, connection, and true freedom—while reimagining power as a vehicle for care, stewardship, and responsibility. Staying true to its vibrant, multi-centered itinerary, the festival will unite ten different cities in a collective cultural exploration that seamlessly weaves together religion,…
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The Festival of Communication Gets Underway
From May 11 to 24, the Diocese of Albano Laziale will host the 21st edition of the Festival of Communication. This initiative, conceived by the Society of St. Paul and the Daughters of St. Paul, was created to foster opportunities for reflection and dialogue surrounding the Pope’s message for World Communications Day, which this year centers on the theme “Safeguarding Human Voices and Faces.” This event serves as an ongoing journey that visits a different Italian diocese each year, offering a vibrant program organized around four distinct thematic tracks, or “ways”: the way of language, the way of beauty, the…
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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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Bringing Biblical Figures to Life Through Music!
Wevius.com is a premier platform where students and parents can read reviews of schools across Europe. In recent months, the platform has introduced a variety of AI-generated videos showcasing the biographies of well-known historical, biblical, scientific, and religious figures. Users have highly praised the quality of both the scripts and the visuals, with the Bible being particularly well-represented in the collection. As an example, check out the music videos dedicated to the Apostle Mark and the figure of Judas Iscariot.
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The Word at the Heart: Koinonia Giovanni Battista
Koinonia Giovanni Battista is a Catholic community dedicated to the New Evangelisation, rooted in the Renewal in the Holy Spirit. The Word of God and evangelisation are the two central pillars of their pastoral service, seamlessly interwoven and supported by a modern, attentive approach to communication. Their core mission is carried out through biblical formation, evangelisation events, and interactive webinars. These programmess provide living testimonies of how the Word of God transforms both personal lives and the wider Church community. Additionally, the community offers specialized training to equip others for the work of evangelisation. The movement draws its inspiration from…
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A Podcast for Sunday of the Word of God
To mark the Sunday of the Word of God, journalist Marco Gaetano—founder of a YouTube channel documenting biblical initiatives in the Archdiocese of Genoa—has released a series of three special podcasts. In these episodes, he joins biblical scholar Fr. Giacomo Perego, a counsellor for SOBICAIN, to explore the challenges of connecting modern humanity with the Word of God. Sponsored by the Centro Culturale San Paolo, the series is now open to the public. Podcast 1 A Word that challenges humanity (8 minuti circa) Podcast 2A Word to be received with an inclusive gaze (13 minuti circa) Podcast 3 A Word…
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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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25 january: an hour of listening to the Word
This moment of prayer is suitable for individuals or groups. The structure follows an hour of listening to the Word in three parts: an invocation of the Holy Spirit, a guided reading of the Letter to the Colossians, and a concluding prayer using the traditional ‘Litanies in Honor of St. Paul’. Download the text.
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“The Word dwells among you” (Col 3,16). How?
This year marks the seventh edition of Sunday of the Word of God. It falls on January 25th, a date the liturgy links to Saul’s encounter on the road to Damascus—a journey defined by revelation, vocation, and profound inner enlightenment. As we acknowledge the vital roles played by the Society of St. Paul and the Community of St. Giles in establishing this day, we approach this year’s observance with particular intensity. The theme for 2026 presents several challenging questions: What makes our service to the Word unique or “unprecedented” compared to other publishers? What keeps our work vibrant and reverent…
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Sunday of the Word of God 2026
All resources for the upcoming Sunday of the Word of God, observed on January 25, 2026, are now available. This year’s celebration holds special significance as it coincides with the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, the day that concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The Word that Christ spoke to Paul on the road to Damascus profoundly transformed his heart, molding him into the great evangelist we revere today. Now, it is our mission to ensure that this same Word reaches the ends of the earth, transforming the lives of all people and dwelling in our…
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She laid him in a manger. Word of God and imagery
In light of this phrase from Luke, Pauline biblical scholar Fr. Giacomo Perego and artist Alice Ferrari, from the Centro Aletti, retrace the profound meaning of ministry in its origins, rediscovering the Trinitarian dynamics that characterise it. Through a fruitful dialogue between the Word of God and visual imagery, the resulting reflection offers a fresh perspective—not only on the various ministries but also on the mystery of Christmas that surrounds us during these days. The encounter was sponsored by the Centro Culturale San Paolo in collaboration with SOBICAIN.
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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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Friar Roberto Pasolini and the service to the word
With over 10,000 followers, Fra’ Roberto Pasolini’s YouTube channel (@fr_pasolini) deserves to be widely promoted: it offers numerous biblical resources that help believers navigate the different liturgical seasons, accompanying their journey throughout the year with the Word. It provides not only the meditations he has held at the Pontifical Household, but also other materials (lectio divina, thematic deep dives, meditations) that touch upon various aspects of the life of faith, starting from its great pillars: the resurrection, the incarnation, life in Christ, and being the Church.
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Artificial Intelligence in service of the Word
The Italian Biblical Association (ABI), thanks to the involvement and expertise of the biblical scholar Silvio Barbaglia, has dedicated three meetings to exploring how best to leverage the potential of Artificial Intelligence in biblical studies, while also suggesting criteria for avoiding pitfalls and deceptions. The resulting material has been kindly made available to anyone wishing to delve deeper into the subject. Specifically, three detailed resources are highlighted: the first, by Silvio Barbaglia, is titled «Biblical Studies and Artificial Intelligence (click here)»; the second, by Augusto Cosentino, covers «AI Software for Research, Reading, and Analysis (click here)»; and the third, by…
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2026
The unity of Christian churches stands as one of the most significant and urgent challenges of our time. In an increasingly fragmented world, where divisions often seem to prevail, the call to unity is an essential invitation to transcend our differences and collaborate for the common good. The Letter to the Ephesians, specifically chapter 4, verse 4, will serve as the guiding scriptural theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, scheduled to take place from January 18 to 25, 2026: “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were…
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StPauls wins the Catholic Mass Media Awards
For the fourth consecutive year, ST PAULS was honored by the Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA). This year, its Publishing and Audiovisual teams received two major recognitions—Best Station ID and Best Youth Magazine—at the 47th CMMA held on November 19, 2025, at the City State Hotel, Manila. The Best Station ID award was given to “Lakbay Pasko” (Christmas Journey), composed by Cl. Russel Matthew Patolot, SSP, and directed by Fr. Keiv Aires Dimatatac, SSP. Anchored on the theme “Share with Gentleness the Hope that is in Your Hearts” (1 Peter 3:15–16), the annual awards night—founded by the late Jaime Cardinal…
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The Word of God is not chained!
The Biblical Studies and Spiritual Care: Intersections of Pastoral Practice and Biblical Hermeneutics unit, part of the annual Society of Biblical Literature Meeting, has announced a focused initiative: a call for articles and biblical studies that examine the experience of incarceration and related themes of freedom, redemption, rebirth, and human dignity. The central objective is to demonstrate how the Word continues to resonate in harsh and challenging contexts, such as prisons and immigrant detention centres, as well as in complex experiences involving pushbacks, expulsions, and marginalisation. Submissions are welcomed from both faculty academics and advanced students who are about to…
