(About Italy) The unity of the country remains an indispensable achievement and anchor. Any desirable reform, starting with federalism, must take int… - Angelo Bagnasco

The Church is not a political republic. It is a spiritual reality incarnated in time, and does not respond to purely human criteria. The important thing is always to find someone capable of guiding God's people at a given moment in history. I have known Pope Leo XIV for a short time, through a few personal encounters. He is always kind, attentive to issues, and thoughtful. My overall and immediate impression is of a serene man, that is, reconciled with himself because he is centred on Christ. I believe this is the best prerequisite for living such a great responsibility.

L'immigrazione è una realtà. Occorre saper coniugare insieme quel principio dell' accoglienza che ha sempre innervato l'anima profonda del nostro Paese con un altro principio, non meno necessario, quella della legalità, di cui tutti si avverte la necessità per la convivenza sociale.

Italy is heading towards a slow demographic suicide because "over fifty per cent of families today are childless, and among those that do have children, almost half have only one, the rest have two, and only 5.1 per cent of families have three or more children. There is an urgent need for a child-oriented policy that immediately takes responsibility for a balanced generational change.