Tag Archives: Italy

The world’s most enlightened, forward-thinking town: tiny Corigliano d’Otranto, Italy, appoints municipal philosopher!

Posted on 20/07/2012 by

Surely tiny Corigliano d’Otranto — population 5,889 — tucked away in the heel of Italy, must have the world’s most enlightened town council: It could have something to do with the fact that Corigliano is in the so-called Grecìa Salentina, a … Continue reading →

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One day Chiara Petrillo will be a saint, writes Paul Williams

Posted on 29/06/2012 by

A young Italian mother gives up her life for her unborn child in a stunning act of saintliness Chiara Petrillo was a 28-year-old Italian mother who apparently refused life-saving cancer treatment that would have damaged or destroyed her baby.  Her baby, … Continue reading →

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Devout Roman Catholic and Tour de France winner Gino Bartali quietly used fame to save Jews in Fascist Italy

Posted on 29/06/2012 by

Tour de France winner Gino Bartali quietly used fame to save Jews in Fascist Italy In the worst years of the Second World War, it was not uncommon to see the great Gino Bartali cycling the roads between Florence and … Continue reading →

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“As far as our father was concerned, Hitler was the Antichrist,” writes Pope Benedict’s brother Georg Ratzinger

Posted on 05/03/2012 by

Pope Benedict’s brother tells how family made it through WWII Germany As early as 1938, we were registered by the seminary with the Hitler Youth (HY).  That was the law, there were no exemptions.  Consequently, all the minor seminarians became students … Continue reading →

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Amanda Knox case: Catholic Church isn’t obsessed with Satanic sex, it’s radical feminists and social workers

Posted on 05/10/2011 by

Well worth taking five minutes to read: Amanda Knox acquittal: It isn’t the Catholic Church that is unhealthily obsessed with mythical Satanic sex – it is radical feminists and social workers by Brendan O’Neill This idea that the modern-day obsession with … Continue reading →

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Researcher finds proof of widespread Jewish support for Pope Pius XII

Posted on 15/07/2011 by

Researcher finds proof of widespread Jewish support for Pope Pius XII In April of 1939, just one month after Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was elected Pope, the U.S. Jewish Veteran magazine called the new Pope’s leadership “a source of great satisfaction … Continue reading →

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