News - 24 Ottobre 2020 And What If the Story of the Pope Embracing Gay Couples Was Just a Hoax? There are doubts about a new documentary in which it seems that Pope Francis approves civil unions between persons of the same sex regarding what the Pope really said and how he said it. It also appears that the video in question was stolen from an interview given to Chilean television, Televisa, and skillfully manipulated to modify what Francis had said. Furthermore, the Pope had already spoken regarding civil unions several years ago, making the same comment on different occasions
Religioni - 23 Ottobre 2020 E se la storia del Papa che abbraccia le coppie gay fosse tutta una montatura? A proposito di un nuovo documentario in cui sembra che Papa Francesco approvi le unioni tra persone dello stesso sesso, ci sono dubbi su ciò che il Pontefice abbia detto veramente e sul come l’abbia fatto. Tra l’altro, appare indiscutibile che il video in questione sia stato ricavato da un’intervista concessa alla TV messicana Televisa nel maggio del 2019 e abilmente manipolato per modificare le dichiarazioni di Francesco. Inoltre, il Papa si era già espresso in merito alle unioni civili, formulando lo stesso concetto più volte negli ultimi anni.
Travel - 5 Settembre 2020 Italy’s Amalfi Coast in the Aftermath of Covid-19: Still Paradise, Waiting for You! There were far fewer tourists than usual and no Americans, and this is a very big problem for all of the Amalfi Coast and the many businesses that depend on tourism – and especially American tourists – for their livelihood. Safety precautions were being respected scrupulously everywhere, and everyone hopes that the pandemic will end soon and that Americans will return to this beautiful region where they have been coming in great numbers, ever since the end of World War II. An in-depth look at the economic effect that the pandemic has had on tourism in the Amalfi Coast and on the Italian economy in general.
People - 25 Maggio 2020 28 Years After, Wolfgang Achtner Recalls Falcone and What He Wrote at the Time The attack took place at exactly 17.57 (5.57 PM) on a Saturday afternoon and the news broke shortly afterwards. At the time, I was working as the Rome correspondent for The Independent and The Independent on Sunday. The assignment editor of the latter called me and told me to write a short report for the front page of the paper that was being modified to make room for my piece.
First Amendment - 15 Aprile 2020 Coronavirus e libertà di stampa: la proposta indecente del virologo Roberto Burioni Con la loro proposta al governo, si chiede per i giornalisti l’autorizzazione prima di pubblicare i loro pezzi sul covid-19 e ancora di non pubblicare notizie che non siano gradite - a prescindere dai fatti - con la scusa di non allarmare i cittadini...
News - 31 Marzo 2020 Coronavirus, Pope Francis: “We Thought We’d Stay Healthy in a World that Was Sick” On the evening of Friday, March 27th, Pope Francis officiated a solitary moment of prayer on the Sagrato of St. Peter’s Basilica, the platform at the top of the steps at the end of the vast square. The ceremony included readings from the Scriptures, prayers of supplication, and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and ended with Pope Francis giving the Urbi et orbi – to the City (of Rome) and the World – Blessing. Pope Francis spoke to the world using all the means of modern communication: Facebook, YouTube, TV, and radio.
News - 29 Febbraio 2020 Visiting Italy? US State Department Doesn’t Trust Farnesina and Raises Travel Warning A day after the Italian government had just made a major effort to convince tourists and businesses around the world that travel to Italy was safe, a revised travel advisory issued by the State Department in Washington may have a huge negative impact on the Italian economy triggering a new recession. "In recent history Italian tourism has never experienced a crisis like this,” Vittorio Messina, National President of Assoturismo, stated in a press release. “It is the darkest moment. Not even 9/11 affected it so heavily.”
News - 28 Febbraio 2020 Di Maio to the World on Coronavirus: “It’s Ok to Visit Italy… It is Business as Usual” At a press conference in the Foreign Press Association in Rome, Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and Health Minister Roberto Speranza met foreign journalists in an attempt to play down the seriousness of an outbreak of coronavirus, saying it only concerned a tiny fraction of the country.
Primo Piano - 16 Dicembre 2019 100 mila Sardine d’Italia si uniscono a Roma: e ora? Reportage da Piazza San Giovanni “Vi do una notizia”, grida ai centomila Mattia Santori: “Le Sardine non sono mai esistite! Qui ci sono le persone, cervelli che valgono più di un milione di like”. E prosegue: “Hanno iniziato a insultarci. A mangiare sardine in piazza. Ma noi abbiamo continuato e abbiamo vinto 113 piazze a zero”.
First Amendment - 9 Dicembre 2019 Per favore, le parole sono importanti, basta chiamare ragazzi quelle sardine adulte Non è un caso che quando si vuole sminuire l'importanza o anche la gravità di un'azione illecita o anche criminale, in italiano si dice che è stato una "ragazzata", per dire che si tratta di qualcosa di poco conto o comunque qualcosa che è stato fatto da qualcuno che non si rendeva conto di ciò che faceva...