Italy

The glass half full: relationships beyond the pandemic

Relationships in the time of Coronavirus: how do we value them while living through isolation, fear and via technological mediation? What can we learn from this whole experience? We turned to Giovanna Cosenza, Lecturer in Philosophy and Language Theory at...

Cinque anni fa la Laudato Sì

Pope Francis’ encyclical on “care for our common home” – Laudato Si’ – was published on 24 May 2015. The title is taken from St Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Creatures. So we asked Friar Matteo Sito, Provincial of...

Peace Education and United World Week: Interview with Archbishop Zani

#InTimeForPeace and United World Week has brought to light stories, experiences, projects, and most of all, people. We opened up a conversation with Archbishop Angelo Vincenzo Zani, since 2012 Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education, concerned with education in...

Justice and human rights

By Antonio Amato Italian penitentiary expert Antonio Amato sent us this letter. Working in Social Services at Bologna Probation Office, Dr Amato has, for the past twenty years, specialized in community service penalties as an alternative to jail sentences. He...

Gen Verde live from home

On May 1st, at 9pm, the Gen Verde International Performing Arts Group joined the events for the United World Week with a live broadcast from their homes. It was a special edition dedicated to young people, the work they do...

Palermo: “going beyond borders”

Everything is closed. Doors and shutters firmly sealed by the pandemic. What about the city’s Rom families? The Corona virus pandemic is forcing us to look at so many things differently, as people die alone while grieving families are locked-down...

Stop the war machine

By Davide Penna A conversation with Genoa union leader José Nivoi who works in the north Italian port. We’re publishing this interview, which first appeared in April’s edition of the Italian magazine Città Nuova, to highlight and support the civil...

Coronavirus, the experience of a young Italian nurse

The testimony of Chiara Muffato, nurse in Mestre, province of Venice, for weeks an area with a high prevalence of Coronavirus. Since Wednesday, March 11, the whole of Italy has been in quarantine due to the Coronavirus outbreak. To date...

Refugee crisis in Greece: Restore the Right to Asylum for Refugees

NEW HUMANITY NGO AND MPPU (MOVEMENT FOR POLITICS AND POLICIES FOR UNITY) APPEAL FOR WORTHY AND COURAGEOUS CHOICES What is happening now at the gates of Europe, on the border between Greece and Turkey, must awaken the collective civil conscience...

Behind the scenes of “The Economy of Francesco”

Let’s discover the work of the team that is preparing The Economy of Francesco*, the event that, from 26 to 28 March 2020, will gather in Assisi, invited by Pope Francis, about 2000 young economists, entrepreneurs and change makers from...

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