A 75-year-old from Fabriano (Ancona) was notified of 4 fines for violations of the highway code that occurred on the roads of southern Italy, for a total amount of several thousand euros. However, the woman had actually never been on holiday in the southern regions in the last 40 years. She contacted the police who […]
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Auto: Gentiloni, extraordinary prospects. Salvini, a suicide
Diametrically opposed positions on the stop in 2035 to the most polluting cars between the EU commissioner for economic affairs, Paolo Gentiloni and the deputy prime minister and transport minister Matteo Salvini. According to Gentiloni “There is some aid, there is an enormous volume of investments and aid” for electric vehicles and sustainable mobility in […]
Farewell to Ratzinger, the Pope: today we are grateful for his wisdom and dedication
A moment of prayer and emotion: before Benedict XVI’s coffin left the churchyard of St. Peter’s, Francis stood up and placed his hand on the coffin. A few moments, but the whole procession stopped for Bergoglio’s last farewell to Joseph Ratzinger. The funeral rite for Pope Emeritus Joseph Ratzinger is coming to an end, after […]
Farewell to Ratzinger, the Pope: Blessed may your joy be perfect
“Blessed, faithful friend of the Bridegroom, may your joy be perfect in hearing his voice definitively and forever”. This was said by the Pope, who arrived in St. Peter’s Square in a wheelchair, in his homily for the funeral of Benedict XVI, asking to “entrust our brother to the hands of the Father: may these […]
Farewell to Benedict XVI, arrival of the coffin in St. Peter’s Square greeted by long applause
The celebration of Benedict XVI’s funeral is preceded by the recitation of the rosary. Ratzinger’s coffin was placed in the churchyard. An open Gospel was placed above the coffin. It is a long and moving applause to welcome in St. Peter’s Square the arrival of Benedict XVI’s coffin carried by the chairs. St. Peter’s Square […]
Farewell to Benedict XVI, long queues to enter St. Peter’s
The thousands of faithful who will attend the funeral of Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Square arrived at dawn, and perhaps even earlier. At 6.30 the queue arriving from the Porta Sant’Anna side was already very long. The area around the Vatican is all cordoned off up to the end of Via della Conciliazione and […]
Dogs and cats cost too much, over 57 thousand abandonments
The abandonment of dogs and cats has increased and the sales are more and more numerous: the ENPA affirms that “from January 1st to September 30th there are 17,585 dogs guests in our shelters and 39,752 cats cared for among kittens and feline colonies” and that “adoptions are in great decline”. Not to mention the […]
Gb, Moscow increases troops, but attack power in Ukraine in step
(ANSA) – ROME, AUGUST 28 – Moscow plans to bring the number of soldiers of its armed forces to over 1.15 million units, an increase of over 140,000 units: however, this decision, announced on August 25, will hardly translate in a substantial increase of its men deployed in Ukraine. British intelligence writes this in its […]
In Salvitelle, barefoot runners run among stones and thorns
(ANSA) – SALVITELLE (SALERNO), AUGUST 28 – They run barefoot along the paths of Monte Serra San Giacomo, at an altitude of 902 meters. It happens in Salvitelle, a crib town in the Salerno area. They call them the ‘kamikaze’ and are the competitors who compete barefoot among brambles, thorns and sharp stones to be […]
A thousand deaths from floods in Pakistan, thousands of evacuated
Thousands of people living near rivers in flood-hit northern Pakistan have been ordered to flee their homes as the interim death toll from devastating monsoon rains approaches one thousand. Many rivers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa broke their banks, demolishing dozens of buildings including a 150-room hotel, which crumbled under the force of a flooding stream. Pakistan, […]