Tonino Cantelmi

An attack doomed to failure

Christmas-cide: a phenomenon that regularly kills Christmas every year. And which regularly fails because everyone, each and every one of us, deeply are in deep need of Christmas. The lorry that lights-off, ploughed into the Christmas stalls and into the festive crowd in Berlin, causing deaths and injuries, is Christmas-cide The devastation of Aleppo, so […]

Is the war over?

Nobody knows exactly what has happened and what is still happening in Aleppo. There is scarce information, and even less reliable sources. On the one side, global public opinion, Europe first and foremost, is following the tragedy of the Syrian city in a distracted manner, whose major concerns regard the national crises ongoing in many […]

Message

On the occasion of the XXV World Day of the sick, on the theme: “Amazement at what God has accomplished: ‘The Almighty has done great things for me…” (Lk 1:49)”, the Pope released a special Message. As on the first Day, also this year it will be celebrated in Lourdes, a place of hope and […]

Terror in Egypt

The bomb went off as the Mass was being held, while the faithful were receiving the Holy Communion. The terrorists’ intention was to kill the faithful gathered in prayer in St. Mark’s Copt Cathedral, the most ancient church in Africa, a significant place of worship for Christians in Egypt who since 2013 have faced no […]

Omicidio di Stato

L’omicidio di Stato non è estinto. Anzi, sembra proliferare all’ombra del populismo. Se da una parte l’Onu nei giorni scorsi ha approvato – nella Terza commissione, quella che si occupa del rispetto dei diritti umani – una nuova risoluzione per invocare una moratoria universale delle esecuzioni (con un voto in più rispetto all’analoga risoluzione di […]

Signs from America

The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States of America carries with it the certainty that the great ally, our “guardian” across the Atlantic, on which we could rely for a long time, no longer seems to be as reliable as it had been so far. This situation sparked off irritation and […]

Solidarietà

Fare rete per opporsi alla rassegnazione di un mondo sempre più diseguale e di un’economia che genera scarti, povertà e fragilità crescenti. Era il 2013 e, nel mezzo della crisi economica, fu questa volontà a muovere la Casa della Carità di Milano e il suo presidente, don Virginio Colmegna, a costruire qualcosa di nuovo, raggruppando […]

November 1 – 2

A thrust to the faith challenges us every year as the months of October and November approach: All Saints Day and the Commemoration of All Souls. The
faith is challenged because the removal of death is natural and it proceeds with the flow of our daily lives. We make plans and projects, and we hope to […]

Accoglienza negata

Barricate con i bancali usati per trasportare le casse di vongole, proteste con slogan talora disgustosi (“che ci frega della donna incinta”, uno tra tanti), poi la marcia indietro della Prefettura e il pullman che doveva portare all’ostello di Gorino – frazione di Goro, a 50 chilometri da Ferrara – 12 giovani donne provenienti da […]

History and Future

Upon the conferral of the Charlemagne Prize, in recognition of his contribution to European unity, past May 6, Pope Francis delivered an important acceptance speech in the Vatican, dedicated to Europe. For the Holy Father it was an opportunity to exhort Europe, although on previous occasions Bergoglio said that Europe appeared as an elderly, haggard […]