COP29 was expected to be a crucial event in the fight against climate change, bringing together representatives from nearly 200 countries to defend the planet. At a time when extreme weather events [...]
“The first tea is as bitter as life; the second, as sweet as love; the third, as strong as death.” Yislim recites the ancient saying of the nomads of the Sahara while his wife watches [...]
That nationalist passions continue to be so strong well into the 21st century, more than a hundred years after the inter-war period that saw the establishment of fascist regimes on European soil and [...]
The tortoise was also aware of the ban, but when he saw the ripe nuts, he could no longer resist the temptation. He went to the dog, his good friend, and said to him, “Dear friend, the [...]
When Trump first took office back in January 2017, he either de-funded, withdrew from, or denigrated several UN agencies and affiliated institutions, including the World Health Organization, the UN [...]
In the search to read some traces of God’s nostalgia in the variegated aspects of today's culture, I would like to recall the universal language that is now more than familiar to a large [...]
But we didn't believe it. We didn't listen. We have not acted, or have acted only marginally, and we have entered a serious, unimaginable and irreversible phase of our human presence on the [...]
For the past three years, the Catholic Church has been engaged in a worldwide consultation process initiated by Pope Francis, known as the ‘Synod on Synodality’. In other words, Catholics [...]
Almost 50 million people worldwide are victims of various forms of modern slavery. Of these, more than 12 million are minors, primarily subjected to forced labor—which includes sexual, labor [...]
In a recent article in the Corriere, I dwelt on what I believe to be a dominant feature of the cultural and political situation on our continent: the very strong difficulty that present-day Europe, [...]