Treccani, two Christmas podcasts on Giubileo and nativity scene

Treccani presents two Christmas podcasts to deepen the Jubilee and the theme of the nativity scene: “Sacra Loca. Voices, places and spaces of the pilgrimage to Rome” traces the history of pilgrimages from the first jubilee of 1300 called by Pope Bonifacio VIII to today; “Treccose on Christmas” invites to rediscover the essence of the holidays.

The podcast “Sacra Loca. Voices, places and spaces of the pilgrimage to Rome” traces the travels of Christians in Rome in a light and documented way for reasons of faith, from early centuries III and IV to the institution by Pope Bonifacio VIII of the first Jubilee in 1300. The first episode of the Podcast (re-imagine Rome Christian: the first Jubilee), produced by Edilia by knowledge Treccani, with the patronage of the Dicastery for evangelization-section for the fundamental issues of evangelization in the world , and the Department of Culture of the Municipality of Rome will be available on 24 December on the occasion of the opening of the ordinary Jubilee of the Catholic Church of 2025 “Pellegrini di Speranza”.

“Sacred Loca. Voices, places and spaces of the pilgrimage to Rome”, the result of Treccani’s collaboration with Andrea Antonio Verardi, historian and university professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University, which has conceived and written the program, allows through stories, voices, places And more or less known paths that have characterized Rome as a pilgrimage destination, to deepen the themes and characters of the Jubilee, also through the encyclopedic and/or biographical voices present on the Treccani.it and on the appropriate app.

“In Rome – says Verandi – for reasons of faith, Christians already went from the III and IV centuries but the significant passage was the institution by the Roman Church of the first Jubilee, in the year 1300. The reasons that pushed Pope Bonifacio VIII to undertake this initiative are different and historians still debate on the real intentions of the Pontiff “.

Through stories, voices, places and paths that have characterized Rome as a pilgrimage destination, the public will be able to listen from the voice of the witnesses of the time the ‘official’ reasons and not from which the practice of the Catholic jubili began and deepen the theme of the Jubilee. The podcast will be distributed on all the main platforms, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts, with the publication starting from December 24 of one episode per week for 9 weeks, with the narrative voice of Andrea Antonio Verardi and that of Daria Falconi for the extracts of the Historical sources.

The second Christmas podcast of Treccani is dedicated to the “Nativity scene -” Treccose on Christmas ” – through a reflection by Don Luigi Maria Epicoco on the three iconic figures of the Nativity: Maria, Giuseppe and the child. Mary is the protagonist of the first episode, entitled Madre , where the value of motherhood and its unconditional love is explored, even in the face of the most difficult difficulties. Finally, son, the final episode, speaks to us of the freedom and misunderstandings that every parent and son cross, also reflecting on the human dimension of the Holy Family.

The podcast, conceived together with Nico Domitoni and conducted with Ilaria Bianchi, is produced by Edulia by knowledge Treccani and is available for free on all the main streaming platforms.