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A.A.
1 article
Adriana Duci
1 article
Medical director at the psychiatric outpatient clinic of the Hospital Company of Treviglio, she is a psychiatrist with a…
Adriana Lunghi
1 article
Adriano Ercolani
1 article
Agnés Auschitzky
1 article
AiOel Intelligenza Artificiale
2 articles
Alejandra del Mar Catapano
1 article
Alessandra Conicchioli
1 article
Alessandra Del Duca
1 article
Alessandra Moraca
2 articles
Calabrese by birth and Roman by adoption, Alessandra Moraca works as a literature teacher in a public school in the capi…
Alessandra Zezza
1 article
Alessandro De Simone
4 articles
Film critic, he writes for Gioia, Io Donna, L'Espresso, GQ Italia online, Gazzetta dello Sport, Rivista del Cinematograf…
Alexandre Jollien
1 article
Andrea Cesarini
1 article
Andrea Guglielmino
1 article
Andrea Lonardo
2 articles
Andrea Posa
2 articles
Andrea Zamperoni
1 article
André Roberti
5 articles
Angela Cusimano
3 articles
Angela Gattulli
2 articles
Angela Grassi
10 articles
Angelo Colacino
1 article
Anna Aluffi Pentini
1 article
Anna Aluffi Pentini is a lecturer at ROMA TRE University in Rome and teaches Social and Intercultural Education and Educ…
Anna Cece
9 articles
Anna Maria Canonico
1 article
Anna Maria de Rino
3 articles
Annamaria Manfucci
2 articles
Anna Rita Cedroni
1 article
Anna Testa
2 articles
Annik Donelli
6 articles
Antonella B.
2 articles
Antonella Bulgheroni
3 articles
Antonello Damiani
1 article
Italian neurologist who works at the Lazio Section of the Italian Union for the Fight Against Muscular Dystrophy (UILDM)…
Antonietta Pantone
38 articles
I was born in Rome on 28/03/1990 where I live with my mother and my twin sister. From 2006 to 2011 I attended the psycho…
Antonio Mazzarotto
6 articles
Director of social policies at the Lazio Region. At Faith and Light since the beginning.
Antonio Piscitelli
3 articles
Specialist physician in Pediatrics, he has worked as a family pediatrician for 20 years in Castellammare di Stabia. For …
Arianna Giuliano
9 articles
My name is Arianna, I was born in Milan on June 17, 1992. I have had a disability since birth, but this has never stoppe…
Armando D'Amato
1 article
Arnaud Franc
1 article
Associazione Amici di Simone
1 article
Beatrice Ghislandi
1 article
Benedetta Bertolini
2 articles
Benedetta Mattei
88 articles
Born in Rome on January 1, 2004, Benedetta Mattei is a first-year student at the "Gioberti" hotel institute in Trastever…
Benny
1 article
Benoit Malveaux
2 articles
Belgian and Jesuit priest, he has been in Italy since 2014 as canonical counselor to the Superior General. Since last ye…
Bernard Provoust
1 article
Betrice Pezzoli
1 article
Betty Collino
1 article
Bianca De Pascalis
1 article
Boris Sollazzo
1 article
Camille Proffit
1 article
Carla Fonzi Klieman
1 article
Carla Gaviraghi
2 articles
Carla Waked
1 article
Carlo Gazzano
2 articles
Carlo Maria Fornari
2 articles
Carlo Maria Martini
5 articles
Carlo Maria Martini was a cardinal, Catholic archbishop, theologian, biblical scholar, teacher and Italian rector. An ex…
Carole Irwin
1 article
Caterina Bordon
1 article
Cecilia Cattaneo Barbieri
1 article
Charlotte Lernount
1 article
Chiara Gatti
1 article
Psychologist and psychotherapist, she is responsible for the EMDR Psychotherapy Center Monteverde in Rome emdr.it . She …
Christine Anglès
1 article
Claudia Noviello
1 article
Claudio Cinus
84 articles
Claudio Cinus has always thought that if his life were a film, it would be directed by Tsai Ming-liang: one of those "bo…
Claudio Moriggia
1 article
Claudio Roncoroni
1 article
Cordula Neuhaus
1 article
Educational psychologist and behavioral therapist, she has been working in outpatient clinics for many years with childr…
Corrado Dastoli
1 article
Corrado Dastoli, psychiatrist and group analyst, is a lecturer in Legal Medicine at the "Angelicum" university in Rome a…
Cristiana Vigli
1 article
Cristina Campanini
1 article
Cristina Cangemi Matteo Tobanelli
1 article
Cristina Lo Jacono
1 article
Cristina Marchese
1 article
Volunteer educational operator for the VA.M.I. association (Associated Volunteers for Italian Museums), she works at the…
Cristina Pesci
1 article
Cristina Tersigni
237 articles
Born in 1969, in 2003 Mariangela Bertolini asked Cristina to collaborate on the special issue about Faith and Light: Cri…
Cristina Ventura
3 articles
Cristobal Clavijo Zàrate
1 article
Cyrill Donille
3 articles
Cyrill Douillet
2 articles
Daniela Guglietta
2 articles
Daniela Vinazza
1 article
Daniele Cabras
1 article
Daniele Cogliandro
2 articles
Dario Piersanti
1 article
Davide
1 article
Davide Del Duca
2 articles
President and co-founder of the "Foundation for Children and Autism"
Davide Passeri
6 articles
Delia Mitolo
4 articles
Domenico e Filippo Pescosolido
1 article
Don Antonino
1 article
Donatella Marazzini
1 article
Don Giuseppe Alcamo
1 article
Don Paolo
1 article
Don Stefano Buttinoni
4 articles
Born in 1967, Stefano Buttinoni has an older brother, Roberto, who was born with a disability. A native of Milan, he gra…
Don Tonino Bello
1 article
Don Virginio Colmegna
1 article
Dorota Swat
1 article
Dott.ssa Maria Teresa Puerto
1 article
Edda e Maria Teresa
1 article
Efrem Sardella
9 articles
A 46-year-old from Monopoli in Puglia, he is an indefatigable worker. Service in the parish and meetings with friends fr…
Elena Bernasconi
1 article
Elisabetta Aglianò
2 articles
Elisabetta De Rino
5 articles
Elisa De Felice
1 article
Elisa Sturlese
1 article
Elmira Gani
1 article
Elvira Zaccagnino
1 article
Elzbieta Steczkiewicz
1 article
Emanuele Attanasio
1 article
Emanuele Mendola
3 articles
Emanuele Rauco
1 article
Emanuele Sapore
1 article
Enrica Cofano
1 article
Enrica Riera
23 articles
A daughter of the '90s, whose only quirk is to point out that she shares the same day and month of birth with Grace Kell…
Enrico Cattaneo
3 articles
Ezia Schiavone
1 article
Fabienne Clinquart
1 article
Fabio Bronzini
1 article
Fausta Guglielmi
1 article
Federica Aliano
1 article
Federica R. Poleggi
1 article
Filippo Ascenzi
6 articles
Filippo Fantozzi
1 article
Flaminia Cabras
1 article
Flora Atlante
5 articles
Florence Chatel
2 articles
Franca Forti Bulferi
1 article
Francesca Cabrini
1 article
Francesca De Rino
1 article
Francesca Giannulo
2 articles
Francesca Mancini
2 articles
Francesca Poleggi
3 articles
Francesco Bertolini
5 articles
Francesco Gammarelli
2 articles
Francesco Iellamo
1 article
G.
1 article
Gabriele Niola
1 article
Gabriella Boyer
1 article
Gaia Valmarin
2 articles
One of the historical members and animators of the UILDM Women's Group, as well as co-editor and "soul" of the Rome Sect…
Gérard Daucourt
2 articles
Gérard Daucourt was a Catholic bishop of Nanterre from 2002 to 2013 in the Hauts-de-Seine department in the Paris region…
Ghislain du Chéné
1 article
An engineer by training, since 2008 he has been international coordinator of Faith and Light. His commitment to the move…
Giada Di Vecchio
1 article
Giampaolo Mattei
2 articles
Giancarla Ferrari
1 article
Gianfranco Ravasi
1 article
Gianfranco Ravasi (1942), cardinal, biblical scholar, theologian. Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Culture and Educ…
Gianluca Giardini
1 article
Gianluigi Visentini
1 article
Psychologist and psychotherapist at the rehabilitation facility "La Nostra Famiglia" in Padova Fogarolo Flavio. Trainer,…
Gianna Maria
1 article
Gianni Carparelli
1 article
Gianni Marmorini
1 article
Gianni Marmorini, parish priest of Papiano, in the province of Arezzo, has traced his path always in search of new exper…
Gianni Verni
1 article
Passionate about art since childhood, particularly graphic art, he has been involved in engraving and its promotion for …
Giorgia Fontani
2 articles
Giorgiana Tinazzo
1 article
Giovanni Adomi Braccesi
1 article
Giovanni Grossi
36 articles
I was born in Rome in 1970, to Lorenzo Grossi and Paola Pisenti. I attended kindergarten in Milan and in Pomigliano D'Ar…
Giovanni Iannò
1 article
Giovanni Intini
1 article
Giovanni Maria Flick
1 article
Italian jurist and politician, Minister of Justice in the Prodi I government and president of the Constitutional Court f…
Giovanni Mazzarotto
1 article
Giovanni Solaro
1 article
Giovanni Vergani
2 articles
Giovanni Zaninello
1 article
Giulia Alberico
2 articles
Giulia Cirillo
1 article
Giulia Galeotti
145 articles
After her postdoctoral research and various positions, Giulia began collaborating with several publications before settl…
Giuliana Siclari
1 article
Giuseppe Bertolini
1 article
Giusy Nocca
1 article
Grazia Felici
2 articles
Gruppo Cesano Boscone
1 article
Guenda Malvezzi
3 articles
Henri Bissonier
17 articles
Father Henri Bissonier is undoubtedly an authority in the field of catechesis for people with mental disabilities . He h…
Huberta Pott
21 articles
Born in Austria in 1964 and the youngest of 9 children. She meets Francesco Bertolini and consequently Faith and Light d…
Ilaria Pennacchini
2 articles
Immacolata Casullo
1 article
Isabella Corsini
1 article
Isabella Gimmi
2 articles
Italia Valle
1 article
Ivana Perri
3 articles
Jacqueline e Henri Faivre
1 article
Jacques Labrousse
1 article
Jane Gross
1 article
Jane Gross is a retired New York Times correspondent who spent 30 years covering every type of subject, from sports to a…
Jean Marie Petitclerc
1 article
Jean-Marie Petitclerc is a Salesian priest, educator and specialist in social pedagogy. For years he has dedicated himse…
Jean Vanier
43 articles
Doctor of Philosophy, writer, moral and spiritual leader, and founder of two major international community-based organiz…
Lars Porsenna
4 articles
Communication consultant, passionate about fonts and editorial design. For Ombre e Luci, he is responsible for the digit…
Larysa Grygoryeva
2 articles
Laura Broccoli
1 article
Laura Cattaneo
2 articles
Laura Coccia
15 articles
Born in 1986, running, 3 months early. An infection 20 days after birth left its mark on the way she walks and moves. Af…
Laura Nardini
29 articles
Lena Botta
1 article
Liliana Ghiringhelli
3 articles
Lina Santoro
1 article
Loredana Moretti
1 article
Lorenzo Cerutti
1 article
Lorenzo Portento
1 article
Lorraine McCrary
2 articles
Luca Badetti
3 articles
Luca Badetti, PhD, teaches at the John Felice Rome Center of Loyola University Chicago. His education and research inter…
Luci0 Colombaro
1 article
Lucia Bertolini
16 articles
Lucia Casella
3 articles
Luciana Spigolon
13 articles
From Padua, born in 1962, Luciana shares reflections and the everyday realities of her life with her two brothers, Giorg…
Lucia Pennisi
4 articles
Lucina Spaccia
3 articles
I live with my family in Rome, where I was born in 1951. Around the age of fifteen, I joined the Girl Guides, and this c…
Lucio Cammarota
1 article
Luisa Spada
1 article
Luis Sankalé
15 articles
Bishop Emeritus of Nice, Louis Sankalé is first and foremost one of the "longtime friends" of Faith and Light from its e…
Madre Pantanella
1 article
Manrica Baldini
1 article
Manuela Bartesaghi
9 articles
Mara Martelli
2 articles
Marco Bersani
1 article
Marco Bove
9 articles
Maria Amelia
1 article
Maria Grazia Pennisi
7 articles
Maria Grazia Romanini
3 articles
Maria Ilaria Di Bernardo
1 article
Mariangela Bertolini
164 articles
Born in Treviso in 1933, teacher and mother of three children, including Maria Francesca, Chicca, who has a severe disab…
Mariano S. Pergola
1 article
Medical specialist in Pneumology and Medical Genetics at the University of Rome "La Sapienza". Former Head of Medical Ge…
Maria Novella Pulieri
3 articles
Maria Teresa Mazzarotto
54 articles
Teacher and mother of 5 children. She collaborated with Ombre e Luci from 1990 to 1997.
Maria Teresa Mosconi Straulino
1 article
Maria Teresa Rendina
1 article
Maria Valeria Spinola
1 article
Maria Varoli
1 article
Marie Claude Fabre
1 article
Marie-Françoise (Friquette) Heyndrickx
1 article
Marie Hélène Mathieu
20 articles
Marie-Hélène Mathieu was born on July 4, 1929 in Tournus, France. A specialized educator and student of Father Henri Bis…
Marie-Odile Réthoré
7 articles
Pioneer of human genetics and the treatment of intellectual disabilities, Professor Marie-Odile Rethoré is one of the em…
Marie-Sylvie Richard
1 article
Physician at the Maison Médicale Jeanne Garnier (palliative care), doctor in medical ethics, member of the Department of…
Marina Vigliar
1 article
Mario Collino
2 articles
Mario Collino, born in 1947 in Cuneo, today also known as "Prezzemolo," was — together with his wife Betty — a promoter …
Marta De Rino
3 articles
Graduated in 2011 from a three-year school recognized by the Apiart professional register, which has been present in Ita…
Marta De Rino e Eleonora Secchi
1 article
Marta de Rino graduated in 2011 from a three-year professional school recognized by the Apiart professional register, wh…
Marta Pensi
1 article
Marta Tersigni
1 article
Mascia Lenzi
1 article
Matteo Cinti
42 articles
Born in the late eighties, Matteo graduated as an Advertising Graphic Designer in Rome in 2007 and in the same year disc…
Matteo Mazzarotto
3 articles
Maurizio Pilone
1 article
Psychologist — Psychotherapist Head of the Autism Assessment and Treatment Service — Paolo VI Center Casalnoceto Preside…
Mauro Santoro
1 article
Melanie Castellani
2 articles
Michel Charpentier
3 articles
Michele Vulcan
1 article
Michel Lemay
1 article
Michel Lemay is a psychiatrist and child psychiatry specialist. He has contributed to the development of social pedagogy…
Monica Boyer
1 article
Monica Leggeri
9 articles
Monica Mazzucco
1 article
Mons. Alberto G. Bochatey
1 article
Titular Bishop of Mauritania Mount and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of La Plata. He was born in Buenos Aires, Arg…
Mons. Nunzio Galantino
1 article
Myrna Hayek
1 article
Nadia Pastori
2 articles
Nanni Bertolini
5 articles
Natalia Livi
49 articles
Natalia Livi was one of the historical collaborators of Ombre e Luci. She contributed to the magazine from 1991 to 2004.
Niccolò Scarnato
3 articles
Film and theater actor, Niccolò Scarnato made his film debut in Le Ali Invisibili in which he plays the protagonist Ales…
Nicla Bettazzi
21 articles
A teacher of literature subjects in middle school for more than forty years, Nicla Bettazzi was active in the feminist m…
Nicole Schulthes
65 articles
She studied Occupational Therapy in France and the United States, co-founding in 1961 the Association Nationale Francais…
Nicolle Carré
1 article
Nora Buccheri
1 article
Nunzia Giancola
1 article
Ola Gurevitch
2 articles
Olga Gammarelli
11 articles
Naturalized Italian English woman, mother of Sabina and wife of Francesco. She participated in the birth and growth of t…
Padre Isaac Martinez
1 article
Padre Joseph Larsen
1 article
Padre Joseph Mihelcic s.j.
1 article
Padre Luciano Larivera
1 article
Padre Mario Marazzi
1 article
Padre Nicolas Buttet
1 article
Paola Angeloro
1 article
Paola Gini
1 article
Paolo Bertolini
1 article
Mariangela 's husband, Chicca's father, a devoted professor of Medieval History. An elegant man, with a heart as vast as…
Paolo Catapano
2 articles
Paolo Nardini
1 article
Paolo Salvini
1 article
Paolo Tantaro
3 articles
Patrick Thonon
2 articles
Patrizia Di Blasi
1 article
Patrizia Stacconi
1 article
President of AIFA - Italian Association of ADHD Families
Paul Gilbert
7 articles
Paul Gilbert, a Belgian Jesuit, discovered Faith and Light when, pursuing his theological studies in Rome from 1979 to 1…
Pennablù
21 articles
Pere Bernard-Marie Geffroy
1 article
Père Christian Mahéas
3 articles
Spiritual assistant at L'Arche
Pierfrancesco De Paolis
1 article
Humanist by training and communicator by profession, he lives with the conviction that words are precision instruments. …
Pier Giorgio Trancossi
1 article
Pierina Formiconi
1 article
Pierre Debergé
4 articles
A long-time friend of Faith and Light, Monsignor Pierre Debergé, born on March 31, 1956 in Ossages (Landes), is a French…
Pietro Vetro
5 articles
P. Noel Simard
1 article
Raul Izquierdo
2 articles
Redazione
1492 articles
Renata De Pascale
1 article
Rita Di Nale
3 articles
Rita Massi
36 articles
Rita Massi Aglianò was born in 1948 in Rome, where she lives. She worked as a Social Worker in the T.S.M.R.E.E. Sector o…
Rita Ozzimo
8 articles
Roberta Tarantino
1 article
Roberto Bertin
1 article
Roberto Brandinelli
1 article
Roger Salbreux
1 article
Rosalba Di Marco
1 article
Rosa Maria Sonzini
1 article
Rosita Daddato
1 article
Ruggero Leonardi
1 article
Salvatore Anastasi
2 articles
Medical Director, Pediatrician, Thalassemia Unit, Garibaldi Hospital, CT, Councilor for Public Works and Vice Mayor of t…
Salvatore Boccaccio
1 article
Sara Mc Allister
1 article
Serena Sillitto
10 articles
Half Sicilian, one quarter Calabrese and one quarter Istrian, Serena Sillitto lived for 15 years in Enna and 10 in Reggi…
Sergio De Rino
6 articles
Sergio Sciascia
32 articles
Sergio Sciascia was born in Turin in 1937 but moved to Rome with his family a few years later. From childhood, he showed…
Sergio Zini
1 article
Silvia Camisasca
5 articles
Physicist and Journalist. She earned a master's degree in Archaeometry at the Louvre Museum in Paris, where she worked o…
Silvia Freschi
1 article
Silvia Gusmano
13 articles
From morning to evening, Silvia Gusmano is surrounded by students: she moves from her children to her pupils to her chil…
Silvia Tamberi
2 articles
Simona Greco
1 article
Solange Fanc
1 article
Sophie Cluzel
4 articles
Sophie Lutz
4 articles
Stefano Artero
2 articles
Registered with the Bar Association since 1993: he specializes mainly in civil law, with particular attention to propert…
Stefano Atzeni
1 article
Stefano Desmazieres
1 article
Stefano Di Franco
6 articles
Stefano Di Franco (the Captain to his friends) has woven bonds of the heart with many people with or without disabilitie…
Stefano Guarino
5 articles
Stefano Marchetti
3 articles
Stefano Nasuti
1 article
Stefano Pescosolido
3 articles
Suor Ida Maria
2 articles
Suor Veronica Amata Donatello
2 articles
A communication consultant for the CEI (Italian Bishops' Conference), she is known for her commitment to the inclusion o…
Tana Pelagallo
1 article
Teresita Frachey
1 article
Tina Turrini
1 article
Tiziana D'Ambrosio
1 article
Tommaso Bertolini
3 articles
Valentina Calabresi
2 articles
Valentina Camomilla
2 articles
Valentina Gallo
1 article
Valentina Mari
1 article
Valeria Adorni Braccesi
1 article
Valeria Antonucci
3 articles
I was born in Rome in 1990. I live alone and have autism spectrum disorder. I have a sister two years older than me who …
Valeria Levi della Vida
5 articles
Medical doctor and Head of the Azione Parkinson Ciociaria association
Valeria Spinola
1 article
Vanna Rossani
2 articles
Vincenzo e Irene Ruisi
1 article
Vito Giannulo
16 articles
Journalist and deputy editor-in-chief of TGR RAI Puglia, Vito has been with Faith and Light for almost 35 years. He is o…
Vito Palmisano
4 articles
Vittore Mariani
2 articles
Vittoria Episcopello
1 article
Vittoria Lombardo
1 article
Vittorio Paoli
1 article
Vittorio Scelzo
1 article
Active member of the Sant'Egidio Community, committed to initiatives supporting people with disabilities. He collaborate…
Vivi Licciuli
1 article
Coach of the Delfini Baskin Monopoli
Yvette Bonvin
1 article