Maddalena Maltese in New York

WAITING FOR THE VATICAN MEETING

Last August, Msgr. Timothy Doherty, Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana and President of the Committee for the Protection of Children and Young People of the U.S. Bishops Conference, had asked his brethren to hire a private investigator to get to the bottom of the allegations of abuses perpetrated for years by the former Cardinal McCarrick. […]

CRISIS

The true situation in Venezuela is known worldwide today. Yet, for those who don’t live in the Country and are not familiar with the idiosyncratic attitude towards open communication of the Venezuelan people, understanding such a complex situation is far from simple. For this reason, it is necessary to provide a brief overview that focuses […]

USA

Dozens of mainly Democratic women wearing white attended the  State of the Union address delivered last night by President Trump before a joint session of Congress. By wearing suffragette white, female Congress members made a statement in the hemicycle of Capitol Hill,  evidencing the extent to which the November 2018 election has changed the composition […]

CRISIS

Almost 19 thousand children prevented from suffering severe malnutrition, the life of at least 10 thousand has been saved. This small miracle in the longstanding inferno afflicting the Venezuelan people, within the massive humanitarian crisis that children are living,  has occurred thanks to the efforts of Caritas Venezuela, enriched by the generosity and determination of […]

CRISIS

“We are fellow travellers!”. The Venezuelan Church wants to walk together, alongside its people, during these special and intense days of its history, as the Pope had asked a few months ago during the ad limina visit of the bishops at the Vatican. These are the words of Msgr. José Trinidad Fernández, auxiliary bishop of […]

NOTE

“Elite” is a French word which stands for “the clever ones.” It stands as a reminder that there is always a teacher and a learner, a leader and a subject. But this term doesn’t say how it all happens. In fact to exercise authority and to reward merit are delicate tasks. Without bright individuals there […]

BIBLE

The year 2020 is dedicated to the rediscovery of the Holy Scriptures, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the “Verbum Domini”, the apostolic exhortation of Pope Benedict, and 1600 years since the death of Saint Jerome. The initiative is jointly promoted by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales and the “Bible […]

EDITORIAL

The French-German treaty signed by French President Charles de Gaulle and German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in January 1963 had sparked off deep criticism on the part of neighbouring European countries. The leaders of European institutions had also expressed their disappointment. Critical voices were heard also in the German Bundestag, voiced not only by those serving […]

FIRST DAY

(from Panama) It’s the WYD of Central America. It’s the WYD of young people who dream a future of peace for this Region. It’s a jubilation of flags in the Campo Santa Maria la Antigua in Cinta Costera. It’s the place where young people have come together to attend the opening Mass of the World […]

POLITICAL LIFE

Museums and parks have been closed. Subways are virtually empty and restaurants have almost halved their lunchtime customers. Washington under the effect of the shutdown is a ghost city. It’s the 31st day of the government’s closure, i.e. the shutdown of various government agencies with over 800 thousand employees on unpaid leave or working without […]