In 2012, the Promoting Committee and the Milan Department of Culture invited Italian publishers to create a shared event among all the protagonists of the publishing system. Its purpose was to put books, reading and readers at the center of a series of events spread throughout Milan and its environs as engines and protagonists of… Read more »
News about the Pauline life
ITALY Eighth Edition of #ioleggoperché
The 2023 edition of the teamwork initiative to replenish school libraries was held from 4-12 November 2023. Nearly 2.5 million new books were donated to school libraries in the first seven editions of #ioleggoperché (“I read because…”). This major project to promote reading throughout Italy–the largest national event of its kind–was carried out…
Read more »PAKISTAN Mission to the schools of Multan
Our sisters in Multan, a city of more than 1,800,000 people located in central Pakistan, wrote to tell us that during September-October 2023, they redoubled their efforts to reach new schools in the Punjab region. Here is their testimony: “We would like to share our deep joy that with the help of the Queen of… Read more »
GERMANY FSPs at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2023
Now in its 75th year, the Frankfurt International Book Fair (Frankfurter Buchmesse) took place from 18-22 October 2023. The Fair, which is the largest international event for the exchange of book rights, involves thousands of exhibitors from all over the world, along with a huge amount of publishing professionals. This year, representatives of more than…
Read more »BRAZIL 1st Pauline Cooperators Meeting for Southeast Brazil
In a manuscript dated 11 June 1954, Blessed James Alberione describes the Pauline Cooperators thus: “[They are] people who understand the Pauline Family and are united in spirit and understanding with it.” The first Meeting of the Cooperators of the Pauline Family of the Southeastern Region of Brazil, which took place on 17 Sept. 2023…
Read more »GERMANY A Singular Message from Our Nuremberg Community
It is with joy and surprise that we would like to inform you that, as of this summer, there is an exhibit in the museum of our diocese in Bamberg that offers a symbolic presentation of 12 women. The majority of these women were founders of religious institutes, including our own Maestra Thecla Merlo. The… Read more »
ITALY Speaking Today About the God of Jesus
On 26 September 2023, our Pauline International Book and Media Center, located on Via del Mascherino, Rome, hosted a book presentation during which Luigi Sandri, a journalist and the author of numerous publications on ecumenical and interreligious issues, presented his latest book, “1700 years after the Council of Nicaea: Speaking Today About the God of… Read more »
BRAZIL FSP Edition of the Bible translated directly from Its Original Languages
For the FSP Editorial Board of Brazil, producing an edition of the Bible translated directly from the original texts was a great dream, and that dream has become a reality today. It is our first Bible translated from the original languages (Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek). Very readable in style, it makes use of the latest… Read more »
PAKISTAN FSP response to the terrorist attackon Christian churches and families
Many people around the world had the chance to follow the TV news coverage about the terrorist attack on Christian churches and families that took place in Pakistan on 16 August 2023, when two young Christians were falsely accused of blasphemy by Islamic extremists. In the very harsh and aggressive attack, 21 Christian churches were… Read more »
A New Portal for the Daughters of St. Paul
The Daughters of St. Paul of Brazil (Paulinas Brasil) recently launched a new web portal that brings together information on all the products and services offered by the FSPs. Those who browse through the new digital address can access exclusive material and articles, as well as download training material and biblical content in the field… Read more »