On the occasion of the 90th birthday of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (on April, 16), the Research Center for Interdisciplinary Documentation on Science and Faith (DISF) posted on its webpage a collection of "readings about faith and reason," relating to speeches and homilies delivered overed the years by Joseph Ratzinger.
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In collaboration with the Italian Association of Canon Law, the Faculty of Canon Law organized on March 23, 2017 (8:30, Aula Magna "John Paul II") a workshop on the subject, The right to defense in the canonical process.
The activity is part of the Ecclesiastical Advocacy Day.
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The online course on Familiy and the Media, promoted by the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross and by Familyandmedia, is ready to be released.
It consists of 10 video lessons that analyze the relationship between family and mass media, with a perspective that is realistic, critical, and positive.
The objective is teaching about media through and with media. The video classes are presented by professors with expertise in social communication, with an educative viewpointand with a practical approach.
More information - Info Fabrizio Piciarelli +39 339 348 4379 - corsofm [at] pusc.it (Mail as
The Alumni Association organized on Friday, March 17 (15:45, Aula Magna "John Paul II") the preview screening of the film The Healer, Lo Que de Verdad Matter, written and directed by Paco Arango.
The film is dedicated to Paul Newman and his special summer camps for children with serious illnesses: Serious Fun Children's Network.
The Healer will be released in Italian cinemas on May 2017. All the proceeds will go toward the purposes of this charity.
On the 13th and 14th of March 2017, at the initiative of the School of Canon Law, took place the 21st Congress of studies on the subject, Codification and Law in the Church.
"The Centenary of the first codification invites the canonist to question the historical significance of the decision to give a systematic order to ecclesiastical legislation; on the consequences of this option for the canonical rules and their content, on the continuity with tradition or not, on the method of canonical science and its instruction, on how to apply justice in the Church and, ultimately, on today's reality of codified canon law," said the organizers.
From March to June, at the initiative of the School of Church Communications and in collaboration with the ISCOM Association, the seventh edition of the Specialization Course on Religious Information will be hosted, intended for Vatican journalists on the topic of current affairs journalism related to the Catholic Church.
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The Institute of Liturgy organized, Wednesday, March 1, 2017, a Day of Study on The beauty of the Eucharist: the presence of the Glory.
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From February 23 to 25, 2017, the Internation Conference on the theme The Metaphysical Dimensions of Nature took place. The event was organized by the School of Philosophy & University of Notre Dame (South Bend).
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