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 »

The UAAR campaign favoring the official adoption of textbooks catering alternative activities to the teaching of catholic religion continues, as a letter has been sent to 5,403 principals. During the 2023/24 academic year, less than one primary school out of ten adopted the specific textbook for the alternative activities to the teaching of catholic religion program (AA). The aforementioned conclusion can be drawn based on an analysis conducted by UAAR reliant on data provided by the Ministry of Education and… Read more »

The association Uaar (Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics) promotes the first edition of the UAART Contest, which is open to all visual arts and aimed at the construction of a secular viewpoint for what concerns the representation of grief and death. The contest is open to all artists, regardless of nationality and devoid of age-related discriminations. The deadline to participate is July 5th 2024, and it is possible to enroll online, free of charge, at uaar.it/premio-uaart-iscrizione. The rule book… Read more »

Following a fourteen year wait, the State Council finally ruled in favor of UAAR’s position concerning a matter dating back to 2010. In November 2009, in Mandas, a small municipality of 2000 inhabitants, the Union of the Centre affiliated mayor Umberto Oppus issued an ordinance whose intent was that of imposing the presence of a crucifix within all public buildings. The prescribed penalty for violating such an ordinance amounted to a fine of 500 Euros issued by the local police… Read more »