Enzo Bianchi

Italian writer, monk and theologian · Italy · On the map · Writers · Born 1943 · age 83

Enzo Bianchi is an Italian Catholic layman who founded the Bose Monastic Community and served as its first prior from 1965 to 2017.

Enzo Bianchi is read about 168 times a day, in 12 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 8 October 2026

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2010“Jesus, our bliss, teaches us a path to happiness, opening up before us every day the ways to happiness that every human being longs for.”In their wordsEnzo Bianchi, Le vie della felicità Gesù e le beatitudini, Einaudi, 2010Read the whole statement

“The beatitudes firmly root those who hear them in the present, while at the same time opening them to a future of hope.”In their wordsEnzo Bianchi, Le vie della felicità Gesù e le beatitudini, Einaudi, 2010Read the whole statement

2006“When political forces generously offer legal protection or financial support to churches, they are actually working for their own benefit. (I, 1)”In their wordsEnzo Bianchi, La differenza cristiana, Einaudi, 2006. ISBN 8806183591Read the whole statement

“Our society is increasingly pluralistic in terms of religion, morals and customs: Christianity must live and find its place in it without hostility or creating enemies. (I, 2)”In their wordsEnzo Bianchi, La differenza cristiana, Einaudi, 2006. ISBN 8806183591Read the whole statement

“The Gospel, in fact, inspires the historical action of Christians, but it is in history itself that it becomes understandable.”In their wordsEnzo Bianchi, La differenza cristiana, Einaudi, 2006. ISBN 8806183591Read the whole statement

2004“The experience of faith is an experience of beauty, of an encounter that is as real as it is indescribable, of a presence that is more intimate to us than our own innermost being.”In their wordsLessico della vita interiore. Le parole della spiritualità, BUR, Milano, 2004Read the whole statement

1943Born3 March 1943

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The prior of the monastic community of Bose Enzo Bianchi at the Cooperation room in Trento for an evening organized by Alberto Pacher to conclude his commitment in politics

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Enzo Bianchi

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For us Christians, rituals are not enough; we need adherence of the heart and intellect.
Riccardo Bigi, Festival delle religioni: a Firenze basilica di San Miniato gremita per Enzo Bianchi e Sergio Givone, Toscana Oggi.it, 26, Own words
My childhood prayer is one I would never say today: God knows how many candles I lit before an exam or a test at school.
Riccardo Bigi, Festival delle religioni: a Firenze basilica di San Miniato gremita per Enzo Bianchi e Sergio Givone, Toscana Oggi.it, 26, Own words