Posts Categorized: Press release

Citizens within the Emilia-Romagna region wish for institutions to promote the “State / Natural Disasters” option within the 8×1000 tax allocation. Therefore, such citizens are calling on whoever will govern the region to actively coordinate and support the municipalities that are affected by the floods in accessing the 8×1000 funds. Solely six days before the regional elections, these are the results from a BiDiMedia survey which was commissioned by the Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics (UAAR). The sample on… Read more »

The number of secular funerals is on the rise, and so is the number of Italians who would like to have a ceremony devoid of religious rites, which would be held in dignified venues distributed throughout the country. Everyone should have the right to a secular funeral, which should take place in a suitable and comfortable environment. To raise awareness regarding the issue, the Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics (Uaar) established the UAART Prize. Such a prize is open… Read more »

The Uaar (Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics) has written to the Italian Minister of Education and Merit — Giuseppe Valditara — in order to remind him that, due to reasons of conscience, the decision to subscribe to Catholic religious instruction (IRC) can be revoked throughout the course of the school year, too. Same old story: at the onset of every school year, there is no shortage of controversies related to religion class. This has been the case for a… Read more »

The Uaar, in collaboration with Kawabanga Productions and Aristodemica publishing house, presents Luca De Gaspari’s documentary on blasphemy at the national headquarters of the Uaar, with Roberto Grendene and Federico Tulli on Saturday September 28th at 5:00 pm in via Francesco Negri 67/69, in Rome. Blasphemy: a taboo that within certain countries in the world can lead to imprisonment or to a death sentence. In Italy, until 1999, blasphemy was considered a crime. Nowadays, blasphemy is still considered an administrative… Read more »

The jury of the Brian Award has awarded Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door the Brian Award for the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival. Spanish director, Pedro Almodóvar, has received the award with great affection and enthusiasm, and has stated to feel very honored for having received this award from an association where, as a self-declared atheist, he sees his beliefs reflected. Through a representative of the El Deseo production company, Pedro Almodóvar sent his words of appreciation… Read more »

Each year, starting in 2006, the Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics (Uaar) awards a prestigious recognition prize to the movie that — among the various movies present within the Venice Film Festival — best embodies and promotes the fundamental values of the association. The ‘Brian Prize’, which has proudly reached its nineteenth edition, takes its name from the Monty Python’s renowned satirical movie from 1979 titled Life of Brian. This satirical work has been able to utilize humourism and… Read more »

The UAAR presented its report to the United Nations for what concerns equality and nondiscrimination, LGBTQIA+ rights, religious beliefs, right to health, access to reproductive healthcare services as well as correlated services, right to education, protection of minors, and family rights. On the 16th of July 2024, the Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics (UAAR) sent — for the first time — to the United Nations (UN) its report, which will be an integral part of the periodic review for… Read more »

For the first time, the total amount falls below one billion Euros, reaching 910 million euros The Catholic Church faces a new setback as it has lost 200 million euros from its 8×1000 in the past two years. The Assembly of Bishops has, in fact, reported that this year that the resources allocated by the Ministry of Finance have, once again, decreased to 910 million and 266 thousand euros, from the one billion and 111 million euros in 2022, and… Read more »