Tuesday, Feb. 17, 7 p.m., at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican will be the meeting entitled “Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are obscured.” Guest of the evening will be philosopher Massimo Cacciari. He will be in charge of the conclusions after a spiritual reflection by H.E. Card. Mauro Gambetti, Archpriest of St. Peter’s Papal Basilica and President of the Fratelli tutti Foundation, and the lectio by H.E. Card. Gianfranco Ravasi, Founder of the Cortile dei Gentili. The theme of the evening will be Youth and Old Age.

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Lectio Petri – The Qohelet, the Crisis is the series of meetings organized by the Cortile dei Gentili and the Fratelli tutti Foundation to explore – with an eye to the present – the Qohelet.
Prominent personalities from the world of culture, entertainment, media and institutions will dialogue with Card. Ravasi and will offer their lay point of view in light of the themes that emerged in the readings.

The evening will be enriched by moments of musical meditation.

As a reminder, the second edition of the initiative gave birth to the podcast series available in multiple episodes. Listen to them

The meetings of the fourth Lectio Petri cycle featured Enrico Mentana, journalist; Noemi, singer, and Gianrico Carofiglio, writer. (Watch the full videos)

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Now in their fourth edition, the Lectio Petri are promoted by the Cortile dei Gentili Foundation and the Fratelli tutti Foundation.
Yesterday’s Lectio focused on the theme of death, introduced by the subtitle “In dust all returns,” in an intense comparison between Scripture, human experience, and radical questions of our time.

Starting from the religious relationship between life and death, between flesh and spirit, uniting the thread that holds together earthly life and eternal life, it was also an opportunity to discuss topics of great relevance today.

As always, the meeting, attended by about a thousand people, featured several moments of reflection: Father Francesco Occhetta, S.I., Secretary General of the Fratelli tutti Foundation, opened the evening with a spiritual reflection. Read it here (in Italian). This was followed by a reading by actress Nancy Brilli and commentary by H.E. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture and founder of the Cortile dei Gentili, with several musical interludes.

The final analysis was entrusted to writer Gianrico Carofiglio, who drew inspiration from the words of Father Occhetta and H.E. Cardinal Ravasi and from the biblical text to bring the delicate subject of death into today’s world.

Watch the entire meeting here (in Italian).

Reports, speeches, updates, and upcoming events are available on the websites of the Fratelli tutti Foundation and the Cortile dei Gentili. You can find the dedicated podcast on Spotify: click here to listen to it.

On February 17, the Lectio returns for the last event in this cycle. The topic will be Youth and Old Age, and the title will be: “Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened.” (in Italian)

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Tuesday, Jan. 20, 7 p.m., at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican will be the meeting entitled “Everything returns in the dust.” Guest of the evening will be writer Gianrico Carofiglio. He will be in charge of the conclusions after a spiritual reflection by Fr. Francesco Occhetta S.J., Secretary General of the Fratelli tutti Foundation, and the lectio by H.E. Card. Gianfranco Ravasi, Founder of the Cortile dei Gentili. The theme of the evening will be Death.

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The calendar of this year’s meetings

Lectio Petri – The Qohelet, the Crisis is the series of meetings organized by the Cortile dei Gentili and the Fratelli tutti Foundation to explore – with an eye to the present – the Qohelet.
Prominent personalities from the world of culture, entertainment, media and institutions will dialogue with Card. Ravasi and will offer their lay point of view in light of the themes that emerged in the readings.

The evening will be enriched by moments of musical meditation.

As a reminder, the second edition of the initiative gave birth to the podcast series available in multiple episodes. Listen to them

The meetings of the third Lectio Petri cycle featured Silvia Avallone, writer; Massimo Gramellini, journalist; Speranza Scappucci,  Conductor and pianist, and Umberto Galimberti, philosopher, essayist, and writer. (Watch the full videos)

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This was followed by a reading by actress Nancy Brilli and commentary by His Eminence Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture and founder of the Cortile dei Gentili, with several musical interludes.

The final analysis was entrusted to Noemi, singer and songwriter, who drew inspiration from the words of Father Occhetta and Cardinal Ravasi and from the biblical text to talk about the world of young people to whom her songs are addressed, about social media, which are now so fundamental in the world of entertainment, and about vanity.

Watch the entire meeting here.

Reports, speeches, updates, and upcoming events are available on the websites of the Fratelli tutti Foundation and the Cortile dei Gentili. You can find the dedicated podcast on Spotify: click here to listen to it.

The Lectio will pause for just a few weeks before resuming in 2026 with the last two events, again on Tuesdays starting at 7:00 p.m., with free admission upon reservation. The third Lectio, scheduled for Tuesday, January 20, 2026, will address the theme of Death with the title “In the dust, everything returns.” On February 17, the topic will be Youth and Old Age, and the title will be: “Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened.”

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The book of Qohelet provides an opportunity for debate on current issues and the crisis.

The initiative brings together contributions from Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, founder of Cortile dei Gentili, and Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, Archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and President of the Fratelli tutti Foundation, for the fourth cycle of meetings organized to explore and update Qohelet.

Readings and reflections, with musical interludes, complete the inner journey between spirituality and meditation. Alongside them are testimonies from representatives of the worlds of culture, institutions, business, and the media who are committed to reinterpreting the events around us in the light of the book.

Listen to the fourth episode (in Italian)

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Tuesday, Nov. 18th, 7 p.m., at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican will be the meeting entitled “Vanity of vanities.” Guest of the evening will be singer Noemi. She will be in charge of the conclusions after a spiritual reflection by Fr. Francesco Occhetta S.J., Secretary General of the Fratelli tutti Foundation, and the lectio by H.E. Card. Gianfranco Ravasi, Founder of the Cortile dei Gentili. The theme of the evening will be Vanity. Actress Nancy Brilli will perform the readings.

To participate, it is necessary to register at this link

The calendar of this year’s meetings

Lectio Petri – The Qohelet, the Crisis is the series of meetings organized by the Cortile dei Gentili and the Fratelli tutti Foundation to explore – with an eye to the present – the Qohelet.
Prominent personalities from the world of culture, entertainment, media and institutions will dialogue with Card. Ravasi and will offer their lay point of view in light of the themes that emerged in the readings.

The evening will be enriched by moments of musical meditation.

As a reminder, the second edition of the initiative gave birth to the podcast series available in multiple episodes. Listen to them

The meetings of the third Lectio Petri cycle featured Silvia Avallone, writer; Massimo Gramellini, journalist; Speranza Scappucci,  Conductor and pianist, and Umberto Galimberti, philosopher, essayist, and writer. (Watch the full videos)

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As in the traditional format, the spiritual reflection by H.E. Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, Archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican and President of the Fratelli tutti Foundation, opened the evening. This was followed by a reading by actress Nancy Brilli and commentary by H.E. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture and founder of the Courtyard of the Gentiles, with several musical interludes.

The final analysis was entrusted to Enrico Mentana, journalist and director of TgLa7, who drew inspiration from the words of Cardinals Gambetti and Ravasi to emphasize in particular the role of religions in understanding an era of radical transformation.

Watch the first meeting (in Italian) here.

The second lecture, scheduled for Tuesday, November 18, will feature singer Noemi with a reflection on vanity (the title of the meeting is, in fact, “Vanity of vanities”).

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Tuesday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m., at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican will be the meeting entitled “There is nothing new under the sun.” Guest of the evening will be journalist Enrico Mentana. He will be in charge of the conclusions after a spiritual reflection by H.E. Card. Mauro Gambetti, Archpriest of St. Peter’s Papal Basilica and President of the Fratelli tutti Foundation, and the lectio by H.E. Card. Gianfranco Ravasi, Founder of the Cortile dei Gentili. The theme of the evening will be Time.

To participate, it is necessary to register at this link

The calendar of this year’s meetings

Lectio Petri – The Qohelet, the Crisis is the series of meetings organized by the Cortile dei Gentili and the Fratelli tutti Foundation to explore – with an eye to the present – the Qohelet.
Prominent personalities from the world of culture, entertainment, media and institutions will dialogue with Card. Ravasi and will offer their lay point of view in light of the themes that emerged in the readings.

The evening will be enriched by moments of musical meditation.

As a reminder, the second edition of the initiative gave birth to the podcast series available in multiple episodes. Listen to them

The meetings of the third Lectio Petri cycle featured Silvia Avallone, writer; Massimo Gramellini, journalist; Speranza Scappucci,  Conductor and pianist, and Umberto Galimberti, philosopher, essayist, and writer. (Watch the full videos)

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Prominent figures from the worlds of culture, entertainment, media, and institutions will engage in dialogue with Cardinal Ravasi and offer their secular perspectives in light of the themes that emerge from the readings.

The evening will be enriched by moments of musical meditation.

We remind you that the second edition of the initiative gave rise to a podcast series available in several episodes (in Italian). Listen to them

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1ST MEETING

Titled “On the Road to Damascus,” the first meeting had as its central theme that of the conversion of the Apostle Paul. After the introduction, entrusted to the spiritual reflection of Cardinal Gambetti, Cardinal Ravasi and writer Silvia Avallone addressed the theme of conversion through human weaknesses and frailties.

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2ND MEETING

Guest of the evening – entitled “At Corinth: Eros and Agape” – journalist and writer Massimo Gramellini, who was given the conclusion after Cardinal Gambetti’s introduction and Cardinal Ravasi’s lectio. He made it by quoting Paul, Plato, Aphrodite and reflecting on our emotions and the meaning of life.

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3RD MEETING

A completely unprecedented lectio was the one entitled “I Oppose Peter with an Open Face” and focused on the theme of interreligious tension. Here, the words of Cardinal Gambetti and Cardinal Ravasi were accompanied by commentary and notes played by conductor Speranza Scapucci.

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4TH MEETING

The last meeting focused on Paul’s theological masterpiece, the Letter to the Romans. In addition to catching up with Cardinal Gambetti and Cardinal Ravasi, on this occasion the philosopher Umberto Galimberti gave his talk, focusing on the relationship between faith and reason and the conditions necessary for there to be dialogue between antithetical positions.

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