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Women in Afghanistan again imprisoned under the burqa
May 10, 2022
The lives of Afghan women and girls are increasingly being sacrificed: while the Western world has its eyes on the war that has broken out on Europe's doorstep, the Taliban government's Minister for …
Solidarity is not a crime and fraternity does not depend on skin colour
May 4, 2022
Peace is receding. Only children and Pope Francis know how to recover it
April 23, 2022
Against war we choose the narrow path of peace
April 7, 2022
Peace has nothing to do with the arms race: “I was ashamed,” confided Pope Francis
April 1, 2022
War seeks mediators: Kiev mayor invites Pope Francis
March 15, 2022
War enters Europe: latest in a long line that continues to tear apart populations around the world
March 4, 2022
Mediterranean bishops and mayors meet in Florence for peace while war breaks out on Europe’s doorstep
February 24, 2022
Even the migrant children are exhausted, but in the snow they have been walking for years towards a welcome that does not exist
February 18, 2022
Words of truth of love and life from Pope Francis on television, warning:
February 10, 2022
"What is done with migrants is criminal"
In a world that confuses soul with efficiency bright young women end up giving up on life
February 4, 2022
Frost and hunger in Afghanistan: a humanitarian catastrophe affecting children in particular
January 21, 2022
Another woman at the top of the EU: Maltese Roberta Metsola takes over Davide Sassoli’s legacy
January 20, 2022
Group violence in Milan on New Year’s Eve: ‘second generations’ in disarray and failures of coexistence between Italians and foreigners in Italy
January 13, 2022
2 young people arrested, 18 searched and the first 12 investigated for the violence in Piazza Duomo, both Italians and foreigners. The two arrested are 'second generation Italians', i.e. members of …
The courage of Afghan women stirs our consciences
December 28, 2021
Scientists make a simple proposal for mankind: less war, more peace
December 17, 2021
Christmas Novena
in the peripheries of the world with USMI
December 15, 2021
Pope Francis returns to Lesbos:
‘I am here to see your faces, I am here to look into your eyes’.
December 5, 2021
Dying of Europe by forest and sea concerns us, especially in Advent time
November 30, 2021
Thousands of refugees on the border between Belarus and Poland. Urgent for us the Grace of Shame
November 9, 2021
Urgent for us the Grace of Shame
Humanity at the crossroads if traumatised migrant children go into ‘hibernation’ to save their world and our world
November 4, 2021
Small green lights in Poland’s forests save migrants from inhumane refoulement policies
October 26, 2021
More walls against migrants:
October 14, 2021
12 European countries want to build them
Nobel Prizes increasingly attentive to the complexity of contemporary crises: the Nobel Prize for Literature goes to those who write stories of refugees and colonialism
October 8, 2021
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics rewards the climate science of complexity
October 5, 2021
"The discoveries recognised this year show that our knowledge of climate is based on sound science, based on rigorous analysis of observations. This year's laureates have all contributed to our …
National day in memory of the victims of migration
October 3, 2021
Impossible to mourn
Solidarity with Mimmo Lucano and the Riace Model of integration of foreigners
October 2, 2021
Five days for Climate Justice in Milan
October 1, 2021
"Climate policies just blah blah blah blah"
Italian women in the streets for the freedom of all, the ‘Care Revolution’ and sisterhood with Afghan women
September 24, 2021
“Bebe Vio is an example for Europe”
September 17, 2021
The courage of Afghan women challenges the Taliban on human rights trampled by Sharia law
September 11, 2021
In the Afghan chaos, our responsibility to welcome those fleeing for their lives wins out
August 31, 2021
Women wearing red scarves arrive in Italy, as chaos erupts in Kabul
August 27, 2021
Women’s hopes evaporate in Afghanistan: abuse forced marriages and suppression of human rights
August 16, 2021
Continued opposition to inhumane migration policies reiterated by the Italian government and Europe
August 9, 2021
Culture is a travail that unites the world
July 30, 2021
Italy refinances Libyan coastguard against UN guidance
July 21, 2021
Women’s G20 for a feminine world
July 13, 2021
Let’s remake Europe in the wake of San Benedetto
July 11, 2021
The hell of Somali girls in migrant camps in Libya
July 2, 2021
The UN calls the European Union and Italy into question
Europe closes in on migrants again: specter of Turkey model circulating
June 24, 2021
Seid and Saman, two young lives suffocated by tangles of racism, patriarchal fundamentalism and globalisation
June 10, 2021
Europe as Herod: still bodies returned from the Mediterranean
May 27, 2021
The death of children in the Holy Land is terrible and unacceptable
May 21, 2021
Violence against women: will the Istanbul Convention remain utopia?
May 11, 2021
Complicated birthday for the European Union:
May 9, 2021
unity in diversity is an uphill path
Violence against women requires a cultural change
May 7, 2021
“For two whole days they have been calling in vain for help.”
April 30, 2021
It's a time for shame and prayer (Pope Francis)
25 April
April 25, 2021
Yesterday yet another shipwreck in the Mediterranean: “We rescuers in the midst of a sea of corpses”
April 23, 2021