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The post marked the tenth anniversary of “Amoris Laetitia,” saying Pope Leo XIV had asked bishops worldwide to address a growing gap between lived intimacy and the Christian vision of marriage, with a focus on fragility and discernment. It described the bishops as returning to Jerusalem. #AmorisLaetitia #Marriage #Bishops #IL

FRANCESCO GRAVINO’S “TEATRO EDICOLA” AND FOYER’97 MAKE THEIR TRIUMPHANT ENTRANCE INTO HOLLYWOOD SOURCE: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/luciano-magaldi-s-05a4a71b3_francesco-gravinos-teatro-edicola-and-ugcPost-7454501773873922048-kkh7/ Today marks one of those rare, decisive moments — the kind that transforms a visionary endeavour into an international phenomenon. Artistic Director Francesco Gravino and his distinguished theatre company FOYER’97 TEATRO have officially landed on one of the most widely followed magazines in Hollywood and across California: HOLLYWOOD BEAT MAGAZINE! A rising and highly esteemed voice within the global film and theatre industry. My article, entitled: “Revolutionizing Theatre: Six Seats, One Actor in Italy” explores how Gravino’s radical concept is rewriting the rules of contemporary theatre, bringing Italian intimacy, daring experimentation, and artistic audacity straight into the heart of Hollywood’s cultural imagination. A. A theatre born inside a humble newsstand, now conquering Hollywood. B. One actor, six seats — an experience the world had never witnessed before. C. A project MADE IN SAN SEVERO / PUGLIA / ITALY, now expanding onto the global stage. This is not merely a milestone: it is the beginning of an entirely new trajectory. And today we can proclaim it with pride: FRANCESCO GRAVINO and FOYER’97 are officially entering the international spotlight of the performing arts world. Hollywood, prepare yourself: the TEATRO EDICOLA is on its way!

The Pathology of Masculinity and Femininity Without Cultural Restraint Both sexes have evolutionary roles: men developed strength for protection, provision, and competition; women developed beauty and selectiveness for pair-bonding and survival. Culture channels these drives—family structure, dating norms, fatherhood, shame, religion—guiding strength toward building and beauty toward commitment. Remove the norms and the drives seek new avenues. For men, the open channel becomes force: aggression and risk can detach from responsibility, yielding robbery, assault, gang violence, and predation. The shadow side of masculinity is strength used to take rather than protect. For women, the channel shifts to extraction through simulated intimacy: monetized desire via platforms and influencer economies can turn closeness into leverage, often without the pair-bonding or family life it was built to support. The masculine ideal is protector and disciplined provider; its pathology is thug or criminal. The feminine ideal is nurturer and guardian of commitment; its pathology is the seller of simulated intimacy and extractor of attention. Both are corruptions of genuine virtues. Three accelerants intensified these patterns: stigma’s collapse, technology’s scalability of desire, and weakened communities and absent fathers. The root cause is the breakdown of family norms. Men are less destructive when bonded and mentored; women are less exploitative when raised to value enduring commitment. Consequences mirror each other: unchecked male pathology produces violence; unchecked female pathology produces mistrust, loneliness, and demographic decline. Both arise when culture denies that masculine and feminine virtues must be shaped and channeled rather than suppressed.

A teenager named Mohammed Abdullah is on trial for allegedly raping a woman in a beachside toilet, claiming the encounter was consensual after the woman initiated contact and expressed a desire for intimacy, while he denies the charges of rape and assault by penetration. #Consent #Justice #LegalSystem #GB

Recenze zkoumá, jak Alzheimerova nemoc přetváří sexualitu a intimitu ve vztazích, když jeden partner přebírá roli pečovatele, přičemž upozorňuje na nedostatečné zahrnutí sexuálního blahobytu v klinických doporučeních a v širší diskusi, a potvrzuje, že intimita se často transformuje místo toho, aby zcela zanikla, přičemž genderové normy a kulturní očekávání hrají klíčovou roli v procesu této adaptace. #DementiaCare #SexualityInLaterLife #IntimacyAndCaregiving

Just in time for #ValentinesDay, a new study suggests a romantic relationship’s total amount of affectionate communication is a stronger predictor of relationship satisfaction, trust and intimacy than whether each partner communicates at a similar level. https://t.co/KHYB7nD7Op -