Sarah Numico

INTERVIEW

Forty-eight churches have been built, 29 are under construction and 14 more are already in the pipeline: the program for the construction of 200 new churches in Moscow continues. Due to his concern that “our Capital is last among all the regions of Russia in the relationship between churches and the Orthodox population”, Orthodox Patriarch […]

CONSUMER SPENDING

(from New York) For weeks now, emails featuring “fantastic deals” and advertising banners with “exceptional” sales have been praising the unmissable Black Friday special offers, featuring ultra-flat, limited edition roll-up TV sets, glamorous designer’s coats and shoes at unparalleled prices, along with state-of-the-art Christmas gifts for your children and friends. Black Friday, the Friday of […]

Territorio

Nello stesso anno in cui il Giappone adottava il calendario gregoriano e negli Stati Uniti d’America iniziava l’era del proibizionismo, in Italia don Luigi Sturzo fondava il Partito Popolare Italiano e nascevano personalità come il politico Giulio Andreotti, il calciatore Valentino Mazzola, la cantante Nilla Pizzi, il ciclista Fausto Coppi e lo scrittore Primo Levi, […]

STUDY

“The diverse communities of the world’s faith traditions have played an often undocumented yet significant role in the preparation, adoption, ratification and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child over the past three decades and continuing today.” “Faith and Children’s Rights: A Multi-religious Study on the Convention Rights of the Child” highlights […]

MIGRANT RECEPTION

The immigration emergency on the border with Mexico and the news of uncertainties on the legal status of 700,000 ‘dreamers’ broke into the discussion of the USCCB Fall General Assembly. Yesterday the Supreme Court opened a debate on three cases that question the legitimacy of the decisions of some courts acting on the executive order […]

INTERVIEW

Tomorrow, Thursday November 14, a Mass of Reparation will be celebrated in the church of Saint-Etienne de Tonnay-Charente. It’s the latest church desecrated in France on the evening of Saturday, November 9. The tabernacle was destroyed, the Hosts scattered to the ground, the monstrance containing the Eucharistic host was stolen and the Holy Cross was […]

INITIATIVES  WORLDWIDE

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted 30 years ago (20 November 1989). This landmark document in 54 articles, plus three optional protocols, recognises the civil, social, political, cultural and economic rights of all children in the world. It is the world’s most endorsed international document, as it is ratified […]

INTERVIEW

A deeply divided country, yet determined not to miss the opportunity to vote in the upcoming general election on 12 December. In fact, the Brexit issue has led to the involvement of British citizens in politics as perhaps never before. Until now, UK politics proceeded with no apparent logic: the issue of the withdrawal from […]

POLITICS

The tension remains high in Chile, where even after the end of the state of emergency, peaceful demonstrations, as well as acts of violence, continued even during the festive weekend. In Santiago, a new demonstration, preceded by a thousand women dressed in mourning, took place on Friday. There were reports of arbitrary arrests and repression, […]

ANALYSIS

The “gilets jaunes” in France; followed by Algeria, Chile, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Bolivia, Catalonia, Romania, United Kingdom… People take to the streets around the world  against governments, against political powers, with protests worldwide. The global world is not just the world of trade, finance or tourism. Contestation goes global. Our globalized era is also one […]