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Every year a variety of events take place under the auspices of the Pontifical Council for Culture. Some of them are listed below. See also our patronage page for events which also come under our umbrella heading, but perhaps have less direct involvement, and our social media for other activities.
Charism & Creativity
The international conference Charism & Creativity is a joint initiative of the Congregation for Institutes of...
Expo Dubai
The Holy See Pavilion at EXPO Dubai
“Connecting Minds, Creating the Future” is the general theme of the Universal...
Unite to Prevent
The Fifth International Conference with the Cura Foundation took place May 6-8, 2021. The conference united the leading...
Church - Music - Texts - Contexts
IV International Conference
Church and Music: Texts and Contexts
4-5 February 2021
Themes
HERMENEUTICS - TRANSLATION -...
Church - Music - Interpreters
III International Conference
Church, Music, Interpreters: a necessary dialogue
Old Synod Hall - Vatican
7-8-9 November...
Home of Hearts - Expo Beijing
2019 International Horticultural Exhibition
(Yanqing District, Beijing 29 April - 7 October 2019)
Holy See Pavilion -...
Doesn't God dwell here anymore?
29-30 November 2018
Decommissioning places of worship and integrated management of ecclesiastical cultural...
Unite to Cure
From April 26 – 28, 2018, the Vatican’s Aula Nuova del Sinodo hosted the 4th edition of the international project...
Music Conference
Church and Composers
Words and Sounds
Lumsa University, Via di Porta Castello, 44, Rome
13-15 September...
Biennale Architettura
After the experiences of 2013 and 2015 at the Biennale Arte, the Holy See participates for the first time at the Venice...
Marathon for Peace Via Pacis
Rome Half Marathon VIA PACIS - Rome, 17 September 2017
For Peace and Interreligious Dialogue
Peace, integration,...
Music Conference
Music and Church: Cult and Culture
50 years after Musicam Sacram
Rome, 2-4 March 2017
Congress Centre “Augustinianum”...
Sport at the Service of Humanity
GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON FAITH AND SPORT
THE VATICAN, October 5-7, 2016
With the blessings of His Holiness Pope Francis,...
San Martino di Tours: Personaggio Europeo
Il 9 maggio 2016 una tavola rotonda dal titolo "San Martino di Tours: Personaggio Europeo, Simbolo di...
Regenerative Medicine
An International Conference on the Progress of Regenerative Medicine and its Cultural Impact, in The Vatican, April 28...
Biennale d'arte Venezia 56
The Pavilion of the Holy See
56thBiennale d’Arte di Venezia 2015
Theme: In the Beginning … the Word...
Expo Milan 2015
The Participation of the Holy See at the Milan Expo in 2015
The theme of the Universal Exhibition which took place in...
Renewing the Church in a Secular Age
4-5 March 2015, an international conference Renewing the Church in a Secular Age organized by the Council for Research...
Dictionary of the Cultural History of the Church in Latin America
On 11 December 2014 Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi and Fr Fidel González presented the new Diccionario de Historia Cultural...
Social Responsibility, Borges and Transcendence
"Social Responsibility, Borges and Transcendence" was the theme of a Courtyard of the Gentiles in Buenos...
One Family of God within the Diversity of Cultures
One Family of God within the Diversity of Cultures
From the 27th to the 30th of October 2004, the African members and...
International Book Fair Turin
The Holy See, Guest of Honour
at the International Book Fair in Turin 2014
The Holy See took part as guest of honour at...
Diggers of Light
31 May 2014
Pope Francis receives 500 children from troubled backgrounds.
A special train stops at the Vatican City...
Homage of Africa to Popes John XXIII and John Paul II
Rome, 24 and 25 April, 2014, a Conference with African men and women, Bishops, members of SECAM, theologians, and...
Faith, Culture and the Common Good
From April 9-11 2014, the Courtyard of the Gentiles is in the United States of America for an event hosted by...
Morality, Economics, Secular Society
From the 4th to the 6th of February 2014 the Courtyard of the Gentiles visited Budapest with a series of meetings on...
The 2014 Stoq Lecture
On Saturday 25 January, Noam Chomsky gave the STOQ Lecture on the theme "Neurosciences, Human Nature and...
With or without God
A major Courtyard took place in Berlin, Germany, from 26 to 28 November 2013.
As always, the themes, organisers,...
100 Meters of Racing in the Faith
On Sunday 20 October 2013, a Festive day with sport in St Peter's Square to recover the educational, cultural and...
Courtyard for Journalists
On 25 September 2013 a special meeting of the Courtyard of the Gentiles took place in the marvellous setting of...
Science and Religion in Latin America
From 5th to 7th September, 2013 the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion (IRC) at Oxford University hosted a...
The Beautiful Voyage
On 23 June, around 300 children and those accompanying them took a FrecciaArgento train in a voyage of beauty....
55th Edition of the Venice Biennial
The Holy See participated with its own Pavilion at the 55th Edition of the Biennial of Art in Venice, which ran from 1...
Well-being
28 May 2013
Synopsis
There is growing interest around the concept of well-being as a more comprehensive measurement of...
A Mystical Evening
Rome – Teatro Argentina – Monday 27 May 2013 at 8.30 PM
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President of the Pontifical Council...
Transcendence and Laicism in Mexico
From the 6th to the 9th of May 2013 a series of events and dialogues took place in Mexico under the umbrella heading...
II Stem Cell Conference
The Second International Stem Conference took place in the Vatican from 11-13 April 2013 and with its focus on...
Religion and Secularism
Religion and Secularism in a Global Age: Society, Democracy and Foreign Policy
Gregorian University, 1 March...
Safeguarding Cultural Goods
On 26 February 2013 a meeting took place between the Italian Minister for Cultural Goods and Activities and the...
The Treasures of Azerbaijan
Restoration of Christian Catacombs sponsored by a Muslim Foundation: A Golden Chapter in intercultural relations
22...
Forum Faith, Culture, Development
The establishment of an Organ on Faith, Culture and Development was adopted at a Workshop in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania,...
The Northern Frontier of Christianity: exploring our common heritage
On Friday 9 November 2012 a Study Day was held examining the relations between the See of Peter and the land of Saint...
Believers in the World of Sports
The Pontifical Council for Culture, in collaboration with the National Office for Pastoral Leisure, Tourism and Sport...
Dante's Faith
The Pontifical Council for Culture held on Friday 12 October at 9pm in the Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus,...
Diocesan Day for Evangelisation of Culture
Bishop Azevedo, Delegate, represents the Pontifical Council for Culture in the first day of Evangelisation of Culture...
V Meeting of Catholic Cultural Centres of the Cono Sur
The Fifth Meeting of Directors of Catholic Cultural Centres of the Southern Cone
City of Buenos Aires, 18, 19, 20 and...
Preparatory Committee for Forum Faith-Culture-Development
Preparatory Committee Meets for the Forum
"Faith, Culture, Development"
Abidjan 10-11 July 2012
With a view...
30 Years of the Council for Culture
On 12 June 2012, the Pontifical Council for Culture celebrated thirty years of its existence.
In the morning, people...
Culture of legality and multireligious society
«La Sicilia e le sue bellezze sono ininterrottamente incastonate in orribili agglomerati urbani, devastazioni...
First Courtyard of the Gentiles in the Americas
The First Meeting of the Courtyard of the Gentiles on the other side of the Atlantic
On 15 February was held at the...
I Stem Cell Conference
The First International Conference on Adult Stem Cells (pictured above) took place in November 2011.
The Acts were...
What do non-believers believe in?
Il Cortile dei Gentili estende le sue mura fino all'Albania e fa tappa a Tirana, città sede di numerose università e...
Humanism and beauty, yesterday and today
Dopo Bologna e Parigi, Firenze accoglie il Cortile dei Gentili per una serata nello splendido Salone dei Cinquecento di...
Dialogue for Peace in Mexico
Un muerto más un muerto, no son dos muertos, son dos muertes. Cada muerte es única e irrepetible, y por ello es...
60 Contemporary Works of Art
On 29 June 2011 the Holy Father Benedict XVI celebrated 60 years as a priest. To mark the occasion, Cardinal...
The 2010 Stoq Lecture
THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE: WHAT MODERN COSMOLOGY TELLS US ABOUT OUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE
Friday, 10 December 2010 -...
Bloggers Meeting
The November 2010 Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture looked at the diverse languages that must be...
Art, beauty and transcendence
Dentro il cuore della Catalogna, nella città di Barcellona, sotto la direzione del Cardinale Lluís Martínez Sistach,...
Meeting with Artists in the Sistine Chapel
The Artists
Painting and Sculpture
Gustavo Aceves; Roberto Almagno; Tito Amodei; Kengiro Azuma; Marco Bagnoli; Caspar...
From Sea to Shining Sea
The first meeting in a series of events under the umbrella title From Sea to Shining Sea was held under the auspices of...
"That they may have life". Gospel values in the culture of our peoples
“Para que en El tengan vida”. Los valores del Evangelio en la cultura de nuestros Pueblos: tarea y misión de los...
Dialogue for a Better Living Together Between Cultures
The Second Meeting of Directors of Catholic Cultural Centres in Africa took place at the Centre National Cardinal Paul...
New Evangelisation, Globalisation, and African Cultures
The African Members and Consultors of the Pontifical Council for Culture met from July 23-26, 2008 with the aim of...
Catholic Cultural Centres in the Mediterranean
Catholic Cultural Centres in the Mediterranean. Believers at the heart of diverse cultures. Acts published in I Centri...
Proclamation, Dialogue and Witness
Sibiu, Romania, a meeting of the Members and Consultors of the Dicastery and representatives of the Episcopal...
Challenges of religious and cultural pluralism
La mission des Centres culturels catholiques: le défi du pluralisme culturel et religieux. (Strasburg 11-12 May 2007,...
Origins and Destinies of Asian Cultures
Bangkok. Over 40 eminent scholars from all over Asia belonging to different traditions along with a few representatives...
Give a Soul to Europe
3-5 May 2006, Vienna, Austria, European Meeting of Christian Culture Give a soul to Europe: mission and responsibility...
Cultural Resources for Reconciliation and Forgiveness
In Lusaka, Zambia, April 18-22, 2006 the Pontifical Council for Culture organised a first meeting for directors of...
Handing on the Faith at the Heart of Africa's Cultures
Ten years after the First Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops considered inculturation of the faith as...
A New Cultural Dialogue at a time of Globalisation
Le défi d'un nouveau dialogue culturel dans le contexte de la mondialisation
Centro Hrvatsko Kulturno Društvo...
Towards a new Christian Culture
Hacia una nueva cultura cristiana
Congreso Internacional de Evangelización y Cultura para el III Milenio
Universidad...
The Church and the cultures of North West Europe
The Church and the cultures of North West Europe:
interpreting signs of closeness and distance
21–28 June 2001
Cardinal...
Christian Service for cultural identity and dialogue between cultures
I Centri Culturali Cattolici: Un servizio cristiano per l'identità culturale e per il dialogo tra le...
Abbeys and Monasteries at the Roots of Europe
Abbayes et Monastères aux racines de l'Europe.
Identité et créativité: un dynamisme pour le IIIe millénaire
Conques,...
The Believer and Science - The Scientist and Faith
CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL
El creyente ante la ciencia actual — El científico ante la fe
Cali, 11-13 Octubre 1999
Entidad...
Pastoral Approach to Culture
THE FIRST EUROPEAN MEETING OF THE PRESIDENTS
OF THE EPISCOPAL COMMISSIONS FOR CULTURE
The Castle of Klingenthal, 9-12...
Bangkok: Christian Humanism
CHRISTIAN HUMANISM:
ILLUMINATING WITH THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL
THE MOSAIC OF ASIAN CULTURES
Convention jointly...
Sevilla 1998
CONSEJO PONTIFICIO DE LA CULTURA — DIÓCESIS DE SEVILLA
La cultura y la esperanza cristiana
La esperanza, don del...
The Gospel as Good News for African Cultures
The Gospel as Good News for African Cultures.
A symposium on the Dialogue between Faith and Culture
in the English...