One hundred years ago, on December 22, 1917, an Italian nun who had dreamed of a mission to the Orient died in Chicago. "Your China is the United States," the Pope had told her. Here is her story, from a series published in Traces in 2009.

Zacchaeus, the woman with the hemorrhage, and the life and questions of university students, discussed at dinner and during the lessons. “It is a feature of our epoch: unease in front of unease,” but there is another possibility for looking at oneself.

This year's image is of a refugee camp, taken in October 2017 by Kevin Frayer for Getty Images.

Julián Carrón’s eight-day tour across the U.S. and Canada to share the “disarming beauty” of the faith saw encounters with atheists, believers, and people from many different cultures.

In the outpost of the post-Christian world, the perspective of Disarming Beauty by Julián Carrón inserted itself into the American debate over the role of Christians, often poised between "culture wars" and isolation. From the September Traces.

At an assembly, students in Madrid spoke about the referendum. A girl from Barcelona intervened: "I am for independence. But I don't feel like I am defined only by that position."

This will be the title of the next Meeting of Rimini, which will take place August 19-25, 2018. Here is the final press release of this year's edition.

"Borges described the book that tells the story as “sublime.” Claudel wondered, “Who ever pleaded the cause of man with so much energy?” Here is why the Biblical story challenges our reason as modern women and men. " Article by Jot Down

On June 17th, the 4th edition of the London Encounter took place. An occasion for scientists, theologians, and common people to tackle a challenging topic: to look with sympathy at what we can’t foresee.

In New York, a dialogue between Dr. Michael Waldestein and Fr. Solanus Benfatti, organized by Crossroads Cultural Center. The fascination and life of Msgr. Giussani, in his relationship between faith and modernity.