Marco Calvarese

Visita pastorale

La visita di papa Francesco ad Albano Laziale nel pomeriggio del 21 settembre 2019, ha un qualcosa di straordinario in un luogo dove in passato i residenti erano più abituati all’abito bianco del pontefice. Infatti da quando Castel Gandolfo non è più la residenza estiva del pontefice, anche Albano Laziale non ha più visto il […]

GEOPOLITICS

Is smashing a window in Hong Kong any different from doing it in Paris? It is for a certain school of thought of Western media: the French “casseurs” have an air of hooliganism, while Asia’s insurgents are the emblems of freedom, human rights and the like. The same happened in the past with the “Arab […]

INTERVIEW

“The Council of Europe is the first European institution created after the Second World War designed to bolster unity among European countries.” The Holy See has been a member since 1970 with its Permanent Observer. Msgr. Paolo Rudelli (below, in his offices in Strasbourg photo SIR/Marco Calvarese, ), recently appointed Archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio, has […]

INTERVIEW

Lack of written legislation and “deeply tribal” politics, which means that the two most important parties, Labour and Conservative, are not used to working together: these are the reasons for the chaos that is wreaking havoc in Westminster according to Mark Stuart, Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham. “Britain is […]

CHURCH AND COMMUNICATION

An sales increase of more than 3% of the Catholic weekly Gość Niedzielny (Sunday Visitor), in April 2019, compared to those of the previous year may appear to be a rather insignificant market success were it not referred to print media. With more and more readers turning to the Internet for information and abandoning newsstands, […]

APPOINTMENTS

“This morning I was awakened by a priest friend who lives in Rome. He told me that the Pope had just announced that I was among the new cardinals. Obviously, it came as a great surprise to me.” Msgr. Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, bishop of Huehuetenango, in Guatemala, speaks to SIR of how he was […]

Sisma tre anni dopo/3

La diocesi di Teramo-Atri ha uno strano rapporto con il terremoto, è stata infatti interessata da tutti quelli che si sono succeduti nel Centro Italia dal 2009 al 2017, ma non è mai finita al centro delle cronache nazionali che hanno acceso i riflettori su altre località dove la tragedia umana era di enorme rilevanza. […]

MISSIONARIES

A patron Saint for the Amazon and the upcoming Synod. This is the exceptional request recently submitted to Pope Francis, signed by as many as 200 Brazilian bishops. In their letter the bishops ask the Pope to recognize as martyr the Italian Comboni missionary Ezekiel Ramin from Padua, assassinated in 1985 after standing up for […]

BIOETHICS

The draft revision of the French bioethics law, approved by the State Council and the Council of Ministers on 24 July, will be discussed by the National Assembly next fall. The Government, reads the preamble, “intends to define a legal framework that recognizes the freedom of expression of everyone, with respect for the collective interest, […]

POLITICS

All together. Youths – in large numbers – families and old people. Bishops and artists Ricky Martin and Daddy Yankee. Last Monday, a human tide invaded the entire island of Puerto Rico, starting from the capital San Juan, demanding the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló, who has been governing the territory not incorporated into the […]