H.E. Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education, poet, in dialogue with Daniele Mencarelli, Writer and Poet. Moderated by Alessandro Banfi, Journalist. Readings by actors Matteo Bonanni and Laura Palmeri.

Poetry, literature, and writing take center stage in this dialogue between the Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education, José Tolentino de Mendonça, and writer Daniele Mencarelli. The inexhaustible resource of friendship, in its two dimensions of friendship with God and friendship between women and men, is analyzed through written and poetic words. The inspiration of Giacomo Leopardi points towards an infinite question about the meaning of life and the quest for salvation.