Marco Iazzolino The news is that the days that saw the numbers of the Covid 19 outbreak in China fall marked another unexpected record in the media – the divorce boom. Mr. Lu, head of the Dazhou District Marriage Bureau,

Marco Iazzolino These days the word panic bounces off the thoughts, dialogues, and especially media stories that are mostly focused on telling moods or stories steeped in fear. Panic was a word that ended a few weeks ago on the

Marco Iazzolino Every day we experience the challenge of coronavirus prevention. The indications have sometimes been confusing. To date, it is not so clear whether one meter is sufficient rather than three, whether the mask is of one type or

Marco Iazzolino In these hours of isolation, time seems to be dilating. Families, communities travel in a limbo that struggles to define itself. Everyone inside, no one outside, and the clock appear not doing its job. The endless lines at

Marco Iazzolino The virus is a strange Latin word. Its first use was in 1892 by a Russian scientist to define a disease (virus) that affected the tobacco plant. It has a special characteristic that is singular and has no

Marco Iazzolino Corona and Courage (coraggio) have in common the preposition cor. To have courage means to act with the heart in a negative situation (like the crown virus). Courage, at its root, is never static, still, depressed, sad, but

Gli operatori sanitari stanno svolgendo un ruolo fondamentale per il contrasto del coronavirus. Medici, infermieri, ausiliari: uomini e donne impegnati in prima linea con grande sacrificio e spirito di servizio. Al loro fianco ci sono anche i cappellani ospedalieri che

Dear Brothers and Sisters, On 4 August last year, the 160th anniversary of the death of the Curé of Ars, I chose to write a letter to all those priests who daily devote their lives to the service of God’s people