Highlights from the cultural world of Rome
A few days before the start of the Holy Year 2025, a new museum tour was opened in the papal basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. The Polo Museale Liberiano, under the direction of Dr Andreas Raub, consultant for art history at the RIGG, has thus undergone an impressive expansion and renewal.
On 10 December, the joint celebration of the Pontifical Commission for Christian Archaeology and the Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the ‘Rivista di Archeologia Cristiana’ took place in the Palace of the Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology (via Napoleone III, 1).
The Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology is clearing its warehouses: all books at half price until January! Orders to
The ecumenical study course, which was ‘outsourced’ to Rome for a second time following the Covid crisis due to the Gaza war, is expected to return to Jerusalem at the Dormition Abbey at the turn of the year. A modified programme was carried out in Rome. The RIGG was also able to welcome the students to a lecture on the relationship between Jerusalem and Rome in the course of church history.
On 4 December at 3.30 pm, our Directorate member Prof. Dr Michael Matheus (Mainz) Prof. Dr Michael Matheus (Mainz) will be speaking at ‘La Nuvola’ in Rome on the subject of ‘Ninfa e la misura del mondo - percezioni e narrazioni tra scienza, letteratura e belle arti’
On 10 December at 5 p.m. in the large auditorium of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, a ceremony will be held to mark the 100th anniversary of the Rivista di Archeologia Cristiana, founded in 1924 and probably the most important journal in this field. On this occasion, Paolo Liverani (Florence) will present the anniversary issue (2024, no. 2), which is entirely dedicated to this occasion.
A side note on the website of the Vatican Archives is a sensation for researchers all over the world: after years of strict restrictions, also due to Covid, the new prefect Rocco Ronzani has now changed the regulations: Pre-registration is no longer required. However, if the 60 places are full, you can no longer get in. You will have to get up early!
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).
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