Editorial

SAINT Anthony is, without doubt, one of the most venerated saints in the world, and this is why, at the beginning of the 20th century, Pope Leo XIII called him “the saint of the whole world”

HOW does God communicate with us? Well, I would say in many ways....

LAST December I was in Miami, one of the world’s most popular vacation spots. I was not there for a holiday, but for a 10-day tour of the city and surrounding areas with two relics of our Saint. Accompanied by my assistant Tom, we were graced with wonderful weather and, because most days we were in one parish in the morning and in another parish in the afternoon, we had time to appreciate the beauty of the place, at least from our car window...

AT THE end of this month Father Giuseppe Ungaro, the oldest friar of our community here at the Basilica of St Anthony in Padua, will reach his hundreth birthday...

WHEN you have just walked out of a flight lasting 14 hours, during which you weren’t able to sleep a wink...

This Latin expression, commonly used in Italy, means “In wine lies truth,” and implies that people under the influence of alcohol always tell the truth. It would actually be more accurate to say that people under the influence of alcohol often speak their own version of the truth...