For years, he embodied the most high-profile face of progressive Catholicism. His story – from his success at Bose to his break with Pope Francis – illustrates both the appeal and the limitations of that era

Three weekly recommendations for exploring comics, audiovisual media and games, helping readers navigate the vast universe of pop culture and the narratives shaping contemporary imagination. Today: the first volume of the manga "Asura", the 25th anniversary of "Harry Potter e la pietra filosofale" and the video game "The Blood of Dawnwalker"

It is not just about investment and infrastructure, but about both sides’ ability to facilitate the exchange of people, knowledge and imagination. In this way, the two countries are working together towards European ‘cultural unity’

 Ulysses, faced with the sight of his happy and forgetful companions on the island of the Lotophagi, reacts violently: he forcibly herds them onto the ship and compels them to resume their journey. “Let no one ever forget the past, their homeland and their native tongue!” “Reading this dazzling episode years ago filled me with such enthusiasm that I fell in love with Ulysses to the point of wanting to turn him into a musical work,” writes the composer

The former minister and M5S Senate group leader has stepped down from his posts to focus on his inner well-being: “Whilst younger people and women discuss mental health quite naturally, adult men do not seek an inner journey, and this is a serious issue because we live in an age of anguish, which is worse than anxiety.”