Marcello Semeraro (*)

PONTIFICATE ANNIVERSARY

Pope Francis’ seventh year of service at the See of Peter begins today. In the Biblical tradition the number 7 represents holiness and blessing. This symbolic coincidence thus becomes for us, sons of God in the Catholic Church, an invitation to praise the Lord and thank Him for the past six years accompanied by the […]

Incontro Tesc

“La buona politica è al servizio della pace”. Questo, il tema scelto da Papa Francesco per il Messaggio per la Giornata mondiale della pace del 1° gennaio 2019, in cui il Pontefice sottolinea come la politica sia “un veicolo fondamentale per costruire la cittadinanza e le opere dell’uomo, ma quando, da coloro che la esercitano, […]

Intervista

In Italia un minore su due è vittima di episodi di bullismo e cyberbullismo, spesso ripetuti nel tempo. L’età più a rischio è quella compresa fra 11 e i 17 anni, anche se il periodo più critico è fra 11 e 13. Se fino a pochi anni fa le aggressioni erano fisiche e verbali, negli […]

Reportage

Among insiders, some call the Bira centre the worst centre for migrants in the whole of Bosnia, and among the worst on the whole Balkan Route. Try to picture it: an old, abandoned refrigerator factory, consisting of massive concrete warehouses side-by-side which make up an industrial area of over 20,000 square meters altogether. Inside, among […]

AHEAD OF THE ELECTIONS

“Europe won’t be built overnight, neither without obstacles on its way. Nothing that lasts happens easily. Europe is already on its way.” These words were written over 50 years ago by Robert Schuman, one of the “Founding Fathers” of the European Union. There was full awareness of the challenges, including those linked to historical developments, […]

NOTE

It happened also at the Synod of past October: the Bishops’ Synod on young people gradually developed into the Synod of young people on the Church, in the same way the meeting on the protection of minors of the Presidents of Bishops’ Conferences with the Pope in the Vatican gave a strong voice and highly […]

INTERVIEW

“If we look at the data, today Europe is richer, safer and more democratic than 50 years ago, but this does not reflect the general perception. Populism offers bad answers to real demands.” In this interview with SIR Father Olivier Poquillon, o.p., General Secretary of the Commission of the Bishops Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), […]

OVERVIEW

“I had never seen the world episcopate so deeply moved, gathered in a spirit of reflection and prayer. I consider it an achievement. Of course it’s something that cannot be measured that is also difficult to detail, but I consider it to be a concrete outcome that will deliver concrete results in the various Countries […]

PRESENT FUTURE /4

Hiroshi Ishiguro,  leading roboticist,  is the Director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University. In 2007 the Daily Telegraph listed him as the 26th greatest living genius. The Japanese scientist is the “father” of  the Geminoid, a humanoid that is the exact copy of himself: the body is made of urethane foam fresh, silicon […]

CRISIS

Dialogue and the common good. These are two key-terms used by the Archbishop of Tirana-Durres, President of the Albanian Bishops’ Conference, in his remarks on the ongoing political crisis in Albania, two fundamental concepts to understand the political and social situation inside the Country. In fact, dialogue and the common good are two themes that […]