Roots
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
September 19, 2025
Radicalization is not always geared toward violence and is not always bad. However, being radically nonviolent is a way of existing in the world that
Archives
Three Lessons in Radicalization
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
September 18, 2025
The word “radicalization” and its cognate verbal forms, such as “radicalized” and “radicalizing,” have been in use for at least the past 25 years. They
Resistance and Songs – part 2
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
September 12, 2025
There is no clearer example of how music and songs can be a means for resistance than the Gaza Birds Singing, a group of children
Leadership, Past and Present
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
September 11, 2025
After 9/11/2001, the world changed for the Arab populations more than for anybody else. The criminal invasion of Iraq in 2003 provoked around 200,000 direct
Resistance and Songs – Part 1
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
September 10, 2025
I am very fond of the Anglican hymns written at the turn of the 20th century. I love their melodies, their harmonies, and even more
The Essential is Very Visible
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
September 5, 2025
There are moments and times in human history when everything becomes tragically simple and clear. Rather than being invisible to the eyes — as in
Prayer and the Body – part 4
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
September 4, 2025
I just came back home from leading a retreat in the beautiful city of Verona, Italy. As always — following Matthew’s teaching — my retreats
Prayer and the Body – Part 3
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
September 3, 2025
In recent years, more and more frequently I have heard activists talking about putting one’s own body “on the line,” which these days might literally
Supplications
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
August 29, 2025
Last week on August 22 — which for Roman Catholics is the feast of Mary Queen of Peace — Pope Leo presided over a solemn
Prayer and the Body — part 2
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
August 28, 2025
A contemporary of Saint Dominic, much less renowned than he, but even more radical in her bodily prayer, was Saint Christina, nicknamed “the Astonishing” (1150-1224),
