In exceptional times, the invisible energy “that dwells at the heart of the political machine is activated” and “power ceases to flow silently behind the façade of legality, revealing its fundamental task: to decide how the state must survive and at what cost”. Lorenzo Castellani’s new essay

Relationships are not mere accessories to social life: they are emerging realities that shape us, educate us and require our care. To ignore them is to misunderstand ourselves and our children. The quality of life depends on the awareness with which we live them

The time has come to challenge ‘emotional modernity’ on its own terms. Without falling back on the rituals of the past

We need a little silence to get back in tune. That’s one of the purposes of prayer. Resonance is guaranteed

Linguistic diversity and cultural diversity are intertwined, and it is only through dialogue with the other that we can learn from one another without losing sight of who we are. Linguistic nationalism, on the other hand, is untranslatability as isolation – the true sin of Babel