Articles By: Isabella Nespoli
2011 Nobel Peace Prize honored three women
OSLO, Norway — The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for their work on women’s rights. The Norwegian Nobel Committee honored the three women “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to [...]
Intervista a Francesco Clementi – 19.09.2011
19.09.2011 dal Blog di G. Galeazzi – VATICANISTA DE LA STAMPA Intervista a Francesco Clementi, membro del comitato promotore dei referendum. Che a Linkiesta spiega: «Questo referendum dà un segnale ultimativo: chiede che la classe politica, divenuta tale, nella gran parte dei casi, proprio grazie al Porcellum, decida per il bene di tutti di rischiare [...]
Lord, to whom shall we go? Mons. Timothy Dolan
LORD, TO WHOM SHALL WE GO? 9/11 Attacks Were Not the Last Word LORD, TO WHOM SHALL WE GO? Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan It was a “light bulb moment” for me as your rookie archbishop. Two years ago, on September 11, 2009, I accepted a gracious invitation from Father Kevin Madigan, pastor of the historic [...]
Could Italy sink the euro? The Economist 03.09.2011
Italy Trashing the lifeboat Could Italy sink the euro? Sep 3rd 2011 | ROME | .. Di Montezemolo volunteers to do his bit IN JULY Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s prime minister and escape-artist extraordinary, sparked the first of several market panics over Italy’s public debt by vowing to water down an already soggy package of deficit-reduction [...]
Europe’s Shaky Foundations di Joschka Fisher
Europe’s Shaky Foundations Joschka Fischer pubblicato da Project Syndicat il 30 agosto 2011 Europe’s Shaky Foundations BERLIN – Slowly, word is getting round – even in Germany – that the financial crisis could destroy the European unification project in its entirety, because it demonstrates, quite relentlessly, the weaknesses of the eurozone and its construction. Those [...]
The Vatican:how to solve a problem like Berlusconi di M.Franco in The Guardian 29.08.2011
The Vatican: how to solve a problem like Berlusconi It may want to distance itself from the controversial leader, but the Vatican’s lack of alternative and inner splits will make it hard Silvio Berlusconi attends the mass for the beatification of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in May, 2011. Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters Silently [...]
Recensione del libro ‘Geografia dell’Italia Cattolica’ – di Marco Rizzi dal Corsera del 25 agosto 2011
Abbiamo chiesto a Marco, che ringraziamo, di poter pubblicare anche noi la sua recensione del libro ‘Geografia dell’Italia cattolica’ apparsa nell’edizione del 25 agosto u.s. del Corriere della Sera per poter mantenere aperti la riflessione e il dibattito su un tema che non ci é mai indifferente: la dimensione del cattolicesimo in Italia. * * [...]
Breaking Europe’s Cycle of Enfeeblement by Mark Leonard
August 17, 2011 Breaking Europe’s cycle of enfeeblement By Mark Leonard It is time to face facts: markets are not just betting against the euro but testing the European project itself. Tuesday’s Franco-German summit showed that the more leaders repeat outdated nostrums – such as the impossibility of eurobonds – the less they are believed. [...]
Cosa sta succedendo? di Giulio Zanella
Cosa sta succedendo? L’estate 2011 ce la ricorderemo come quella del nuovo terremoto finanziario in Europa, un’altra scossa di assestamento dopo il botto del 2008/2009. In Italia la terra trema ancora e le ultime due settimane di agosto potrebbero ancora riservare sorprese, nonostante le due sberle da oramai un centinaio di miliardi di euro che [...]