Editorial

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...

WELL-known journalist Julie Etchingham, on interviewing British Prime Minister Theresa May, concluded her questions with the following challenge, “What’s the naughtiest thing you ever did?”

DO YOU remember that 1966 American film directed by Richard Fleisher called Fantastic Voyage? In the film a very important scientist is nearly assassinated...