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Antonio Spadaro SJ

Antonio Spadaro SJ

Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro is the undersecretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education of the Holy See. He is a member of the board of directors of Georgetown University and a full member of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon.

Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro is the undersecretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education of the Holy See. He is a member of the board of directors of Georgetown University and a full member of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon.

Spanish actor Antonio Banderas (left) and Pope Leo XIV in Madrid, Spain. (Photo: Vatican News)

The actor, the Gospel, and the algorithm

A close reading of Antonio Banderas's address to Pope Leo shows the importance of continuing to create, question, and seek not only beauty but also truth, because every profound question opens a path toward the spiritual.

AI generated image shows Pope Leo XIV in front of the Sagrada Familia Basilica.

The Spain that lifts its eyes

The meaning of a papal journey almost never resides in the official communiqués; it lives in a gesture, a threshold crossed, a glance. In Spain, the papal engagements will help the city to “lift up the eyes” and seewhat it usually does not see.

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