In some parts of Africa, names are not given casually. They are given solemnly in a naming ceremony. There are sometimes cases when given names are rejected. Signs like the abnormal crying of the [...]
European Parliament: where do these two words come from? It is a story of blood and dreams, as human history always is. Let us start with the myth.
Europa, beautiful daughter of the Phoenician [...]
Today, in Italy, being a pacifist means three things. The first meaning is the one expressed in Article 11 of our Constitution and which Maurizio Caprara summed up very well a few days ago in the [...]
The Great God who had created the world dwelled high on the tall, sacred mountain where no man was allowed to set foot. He was well pleased with the result of his labour. Well pleased but for one [...]
These were the eight points that were to be addressed: halve the number of people living on less than a dollar a day, ensure primary education for all, promote gender equality, reduce child [...]
In 2023, China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States spent a total of $91.4 billion on their nuclear weapons, which equates to $173,884 per [...]
Pier Giorgio Gawronski's interesting article - "Empty Churches and Integral Humanism" (L'Osservatore Romano, 22.2.2021) - raises a couple of considerations that I believe are [...]
The war, which began on 15 April 2023, has killed at least 30,000 people according to the Sudanese Medical Union and displaced more than 10 million internally and externally, making it the [...]
Cape Town is the best university in Africa. A supremacy on which the most diverse rankings seem to agree, from the QS World University Rankings to that compiled by the Times Higher Education. Both [...]
The Institute for Civility in Government says that, while politeness is a necessary first step, civility "is about disagreeing without disrespect, seeking common ground as a starting point for [...]