Highlights from the cultural world of Rome
Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, a connoisseur and researcher of Vatican II whom he even considers the "più grande ermeneuta del Concilio", as a cardinal. He represents a hermeneutic that Pope Benedict XVI summed up in his address to the Curia on 22 December 2005 as "hermeneutics of reform instead of hermeneutics of rupture".
Stefan Heid was confirmed as rector of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology for another three years by the Vatican's dicastery of culture and studies on 7 June. On 22 June he was elected to the class of corresponding members of the Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia.
Thematically in memory of Pope Benedict XVI, the two circles of students will hold his meeting this year in Rome on 23 September, for which a live link will also be installed. Among the speakers will be RIGG members Cardinal Kurt Koch, Archbishop Georg Gänswein and Ralph Weimann. Benedict XVI was a member of the RIGG for 40 years and arranged for the foundation of a Study library at the Campo Santo Teutonico.
The 10th century, which is "dark" for ignoramuses but fascinating for medievalists, has its own fascinations in Rome, to which 63 speakers will devote themselves in a crowded five-day session, including three members of the RIGG: Andrea A. Verardi (Rome), Stefano Manganaro (Pisa) and Simone Piazza (Venice). Originally planned for 2020 and conceived by Xavier Barral i Altet and Manuela Gianandrea, the conference brings together the Sapienza, Ecole Francaise de Rome, Hertziana and Federico II University.
Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem, and Mahler, Symphony No. 5 will be performed at the Church of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli on the Capitol on 15 June at 8.30pm.
On 9th of Juni at 7.30 p.m at the Campo Santo Teutonico the two books "Benedikt XVI. - unser letztes Gespräch" and "Joseph Ratzinger, Kurze Einführung in das Christentum" are to be presented by Manfred Lütz and Stefanie Stahlhofen (Vatican News).
On 29 May, a concert by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra will take place at 9 pm in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. Bach, Schubert, Bruch, Elkhater and Mendelssohn will be performed.
In honour of the long-time professor of philosophy and systematic theology at the Sant'Anselmo College in Rome, Father Elmar Salman OSB, monk of Gerleve Abbey, several events on topics of aesthetics and spirituality will take place on 16 and 17 May.
The Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology offers an Open Day - both in person (on 11 and 16 May) and online (on 15 and 19 May). Questions about the course of studies and funding opportunities will be answered. Participation in lectures is possible.
The conference at RIGG on 26-28 November 2020, "Heavenly and Earthly Love: A Different Look at Raphael", has been published this year by Schnell & Steiner (Regensburg). Now the volume edited by Yvonne Dohna Schlobitten, Claudia Bertling Biaggini and Claudia Cieri Via will be presented by Claudio Strinati, Amedeo Quondam and Matthias Wivel on 15 May at 5 pm at the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome.
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