Deadline: 30 November
The 4th course on papal archives and Roman Catholicism will take place in Rome from 27 to 31 January
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Highlights from the cultural world of Rome
Deadline: 30 November
The 4th course on papal archives and Roman Catholicism will take place in Rome from 27 to 31 January
This year's festival of sacred music offers works by Mozart, Bach, Puccini and Bruckner in the great basilicas of Rome.
The large 13th volume (in three parts!) of Joseph Ratzinger's Opera Omnia with the famous interviews he gave to Vittorio Messori and Peter Seewald, among others, is now available in the Italian translation by Pierluca Azzaro. The volumes will be presented on 21 November at 5 pm at the LUMSA University in Rome in the presence of Mons. Georg Gänswein in attendance. The volume is entitled ‘In dialogo con il proprio tempo'. Registration is requested (see programme).
On 14 November at 4.30 pm, Prof. Dr Gisela Drossbach from the University of Augsburg will give a lecture at the University of Roma Tre on the subject of ‘Materiality, transfer and innovation of papal letters around 1200’.
The German Historical Institute always offers interesting guided tours, on 8 November in the Opera House at Stazione Termini
In honour of Richard Krautheimer (1897-1994), the archaeologist protected by the Vatican during the Nazi era, who was closely associated with the Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology (see personal lexicon on Christian archaeology), high-level lectures will be held in the Curia Iulia on the Forum Romanum: on 31 October, 9 and 23 November, 7 December.
The 23th Festival of Sacred Music in Rome starts on 23th October at 20.30 with the Requiem of Verdi directed by Daniel Harding.
Apart from the fact that you should think twice about coming to Rome in the Holy Year 2025, as even a city of millions can be overcrowded, the biggest mass events in St Peter's Square are expected on the following days: 8-9 Feb, 8-9 March, 5-6, 25-26 and 28-29 April, 1-4, 10-11 and 16-18 May, 7-8, 14-15 and 25-26 June, 28 July to 3 Aug, 26-27 Sept, 11-12 and 30-31 Oct (no guarantee).
The Italian Association of Professors of Church History invites you to a conference on Christophobia from a historical perspective on 16-18 January 2025. The phenomenon of Christophobia is now so widespread that it is also being recognised by the media.
The Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology is organising the 7th Open Catacombs Day in Rome and throughout Italy. In addition to guided tours, the programme also includes events for children.