Highlights from the cultural world of Rome
The meeting of the student circles will take place in Rome again, this time focussing on the topic ‘On the Holy Year 2025: Holiness as the goal of theology and life’. The speakers will be Cardinal Kurt Koch, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, Stefan Heid, Stefan Würges, Helmut Hoping, Josef Spindelböck and Christoph Ohly. The event is open to all interested parties and will be broadcast by Radio Horeb and EWTN.
Anyone looking at Trajan's Column today will probably be delighted by the unobstructed view of the memorial to the emperor. At the time of its erection (112/113 AD), things were different, as the column was
column was surrounded by the wings of a library and the Basilica Ulpia. This created an inner courtyard, which is no longer preserved as such today.
Work has begun, particularly at the entrance and on the balustrade of the historic cemetery wall of Campo Santo Teutonico, and should be completed by November.
Der Held des Campo Santo Teutonico, der irische Priester Hugh O'Flaherty, der tausenden verfolgter Menschen unter der nationalsozialistischen Besatzung in Rom zur Flucht verhalf, war im Vatikan keineswegs unbekannt.
On the initiative of Prof Carla Salvetti from the Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology (but institutionally independent of it), a community was formed last year under the name ‘Post Scriptum’, which offers cultural events in Rome. The programme includes, for example, photo tours, visits to historical sites and lectures. The focus is on excursions to get to know archaeological, historical and artistic Rome better. You can become a member of the association.
The Lateran University is offering a course on Jubilee Years from 15 October to 13 November 2024. The 10-lesson course will be held by Luigi de Palma (coordinator), Nicola Gadaleta (secretary), Angelo Lameri and Filippo Lovison, among others. Registration until 2 October.
It is well known that Pope Pius XII had his Secretary of State Luigi Maglione set up a special office - the ‘Ufficio della I Sezione per gli Ebrei’ - to process the petitions of persecuted Jews or persecuted Jews who had converted to the Catholic faith. These files can be viewed in full online in 170 folders. Each folder begins with a list of the persons dealt with in the file in question.
The Libreria La Leoniana near St Peter's Square has the book ‘Altar and Church: Principles of Liturgy from Early Christianity’ in its display. The new manager offers discounts to Görres members and also specifically advertises her customers' books. She also draws attention to out-of-the-way publications, such as the mosaic book by Veronika Seifert.
A marvellous photograph of Paul Maria Baumgarten has been preserved, showing him in the vestments of Pius IX. It was first published in the Römische Quartalschrift by Isa-Maria Betz (RQ 2013, 236). Baumgarten's notes now reveal what this was all about.
For centuries, the Madonna Santissima di Belriguardo was venerated in the church of the Archconfraternity Santa Maria della Pietà on Campo Santo Teutonico: Our Lady with the beautiful gaze. An altar was erected to her in a separate chapel. The Piedmontese, who venerated this Madonna, took care of the image's decoration for a long time.
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