Dear Blog Readers– I had the honour of being invited to visit Sicily the last four days of August to take part in a book presentation in the medieval town of Erice. I accepted immediately not even knowing what the book was about because the only times I’ve been to the enchanting island of Sicily …
Dear Blog-readers — Pope Francis has just left Lampedusa and it has been a goose-bump experience. What you see above is a freeze frame of video I shot, yes me, running in front of the Pope’s car with his security guys shoving me aside. But let me take a step back and tell you all …
A staircase in the small town of Corigliano Calabro’ in southern Italy was dotted Monday with pairs of shoes latched together with red ribbons. They were there in protest, and in solidarity, following the “femicide” this week of 15-year-old Fabiana Luzzi. “Femicide” in Italy is a topic I have avoided writing about for a simple, …
A heavy, wet snow fell over the Vatican Friday night creating a deep sense of gloom and doom around the small city-state following a shocking front page story Friday morning revealing a plot to kill the Pope. The news story was the culmination of what appears to be vicious infighting behind Vatican walls. The Italian daily …
A new exhibit in Rome looks at the women of Italy over the last 150 years. I stopped by to get some inspiration for my blog today and found a trove of women that I would like to write more about. One of the first sights in the exhibit was discouraging but serves to show …