Gianni Borsa

The migratory tangle

“Getting back to an orderly management of flows is the most pressing priority today”, said Frans Timmermans, EU Commission Vice-President. “We need to step-up the implementation of the agreed European response that strikes the balance between responsibility and solidarity”, reiterated Dimitri Avramopoulos, Commissioner in charge of Migration. The Executive in Brussels returned to put the […]

Historic event

Three hours in the island of Cuba to overcome century-long distance and divisions. Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will meet on February 12 in Cuba where the Pope will make a stop on his way to Mexico and where the Patriarch will be on an official visit. The news was […]

Firm stand

Today, the European Parliament will vote a joint motion for a Resolution on the Systematic mass murder of religious minorities by ISIS. This Resolution seeks to highlight international crimes committed against all religious minorities by the terrorist group, in particular, crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. It represents a further step following the Resolution approved […]

Agricoltura sociale

“Affidarci alla Provvidenza è servito molto perché quando uno ci crede i risultati prima o poi arrivano”. Enzo Gandolfo è il legale rappresentante della cooperativa sociale onlus di tipo B per l’agricoltura sociale “Seme”, primo esempio concreto della sinergia creata da alcuni uffici di Curia – Caritas, Vita sociale e lavoro, Servizio di pastorale giovanile – […]

Lent 2016

“Let us not waste this season of Lent, so favourable a time for conversion!” It’s the final appeal of the Pope’s message for Lent 2016 that begins of February 10, Ash Wednesday. “I desire mercy, and not sacrifice” (Mt 9:13). The works of mercy on the road of the Jubilee” is the theme of the […]

A voice out of the crowd

“Life is a miracle. Always. Also when it’s terribly difficult”, said without hesitations Jasiek Mela, 27, who with some other 30 personalities, like Jerzy Dudek (former goalkeeper of Liverpool and Real Madrid soccer teams), actors, musicians, singers and journalists, will be the celebrity spokesperson of the 2016 World Youth Day in Krakow. In the selection […]

Sette

Possono essere case in muratura o baracche non troppo diverse dalle altre in una bidonville, avere centinaia di fedeli o un solo un piccolo gruppo. Nomi e luoghi cambiano ma la sostanza è la stessa: sono ormai migliaia le Chiese autodefinite, diffuse nella capitale Nairobi come nel resto del Paese. In comune hanno alcune caratteristiche. […]

Interview

Hardly a day passes without new challenges involving the life and the family in political and legislative realms, that hit the news throughout Europe. The latest include the Slovenian referendum of December 20 that rejected Parliament’s bill on gay marriage and adoption, and the law on civil unions between same-sex couples adopted in Greece. Miroslav […]

Politics and society

  It’s beautiful and inspiring to know that the person who conceived the “European City of Culture”, which in 1999 was called “European Capital of Culture”, is Melina Mercuri, a woman, a Greek citizen, an artist, a policymaker who fought for the establishment of democracy in her home Country. It’s equally significant to recall, in […]

Places of worship

The Polish Church is bucking Europe’s trend. Actually, while lots of new places of worship are being built on Polish land as much in big cities as in the small villages scattered around the country, many churches that had been deserted then left to ruin are now being refurbished and given back to the devotees. […]