Editorial

DEAR friend, I have known Daniela and Renato for a very long time. She is a lawyer and he is a registered nurse. They got married twelve years ago, have three children, live a quiet family life and have no major family problems...

DEAR friend, I recently hurt my left arm and I have to keep it immobile. Luckily, being right-handed, I can still do most things, including writing. This situation, that thank God is not serious, has made me think a lot about my father who passed away several years now...

DEAR friends, mistletoe has become a very popular Christmas decoration. Here in Italy, for example, people give charming bunches of mistletoe twigs with a big red bow to family and friends to wish them a New Year full of peace, serenity and health...

DEAR friends, I have a simple short story that might be particularly appropriate for this month. A very sick man turned to his doctor as he was leaving the room after an examination, and said, “Doctor, I’m afraid of dying. Tell me what the afterlife is like.”

DEAR friend, Saint Francis, a symbol of love for peace, for all the gifts of creation and for the simple life, has over time become a true reference point for believers and non-believers alike...

DEAR friends, it has been more than six months since Moscow’s troops crossed the border and began what the Kremlin leadership insists on calling a “special military operation”...