I libri del dialogo

Ignatius of Loyola

The untold story

by Flaminia Morandi

Laterza, 2026

Why did Ignatius of Loyola exclude women from the Society of Jesus? Why, after Pope Paul III Farnese had approved the admission of women into the Society, did the same Paul III, at Ignatius's insistence, officially oust them within a few months? This question is at the heart of a true and passionate investigation into the saint's biography, opening up unprecedented scenarios and inviting us to reconsider not only the past but also the future of an issue that continues to question the contemporary Church. Through Ignatian correspondence and biographies of Ignatius, this book reconstructs events in a sort of circumstantial investigation of the relationship between Ignatius and women, seeking to intertwine four narrative threads: the historical context, the biographical story, the figures of women—spiritual daughters or friends—with whom Ignatius dealt, and the work of accompaniment he carried out with them during the Exercises.

God is always between the lines

The words of Christianity in today's novels

by Lorenzo Fazzini

Ancora, 2025

In these pages, Lorenzo Fazzini, who for years as a journalist has investigated the points of contact between contemporary literature and theology, tries to answer these questions by letting some of today's great narrators speak – Marilynne Robinson, Cormac McCarthy, Colum McCann, Jon Fosse, Michel Houellebecq, to name a few. Thus, one discovers that ancient words like faith, hope, and charity, the mystery of God, and the scandal of the Gospel find an unprecedented echo in many of today's novels, even those written by authors who declare themselves non-believers. Because the Spirit of God knows how to blow everywhere, especially in those books that take human complexity seriously.

Aurora Antonucci

NP January 2026