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Saturday, December 09 2017 13: 27

The pain of mothers

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Pope Francis on women's tears

«How many mothers shed tears today, like Saint Monica, for their children to return to Christ! Don't lose hope in God's grace! These words were launched by Pope Francis, on Twitter in nine languages. It is a type of love, that of a mother for her child, that of the gift and solidarity that is very dear to him. A visceral love recalled by the Pope on the day in which the Church remembers Saint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine. 

Wednesday, June 28, 2017 12:05 am

We restore dignity at the end of life

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by Barbara D. 

In recent weeks, the newspaper Avvenire has given ample space to the debate on the end of life, regarding the discussion of the law on advance treatment declarations, the Dat. I followed the debate with attention and trepidation. Yes, trepidation, because for those who work in the healthcare sector this law is long awaited. Of course, I don't believe that a law can take away all the problems of conscience in the individual cases that we encounter every day, but at least it can direct and support us in certain difficult decisions.

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 12:38 am

Because a sick body can give health to the soul

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Dignity of life before the end

by Mario Melazzini

Once again, human stories of great suffering and pain confront us with important reflections on the value of life and its meaning, on why we decide to undertake certain paths. When you are affected by an illness, a serious disability, whatever it may be, at first glance it seems impossible if not senseless to combine it with the concept of health. Even more so if we are dealing with rare diseases, which are little known and for which, at present, no effective therapies are known to cure them, or with an oncological pathology which is neither chemo-sensitive nor radio-sensitive and not even suitable for a surgical approach.

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 12:36 am

Because a sick body can give health to the soul

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Dignity of life before the end

by Mario Melazzini

Once again, human stories of great suffering and pain confront us with important reflections on the value of life and its meaning, on why we decide to undertake certain paths. When you are affected by an illness, a serious disability, whatever it may be, at first glance it seems impossible if not senseless to combine it with the concept of health. Even more so if we are dealing with rare diseases, which are little known and for which, at present, no effective therapies are known to cure them, or with an oncological pathology which is neither chemo-sensitive nor radio-sensitive and not even suitable for a surgical approach.

Saturday, 04 March 2017 13:20

Those who fail to take root in others truly die

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by Graziella Fons

The days of our life have the flow of a river that flows towards the valley, or we can compare them to a block of cheques, which we can spend as we want, but the last one has already stamped the name of the recipient: God. It is the toll on the Giver of Life. 

For the 1908 Messina earthquake, Don Guanella offered his work. For the Marsica earthquake, on 15 January 1915, in the Avezzano area, Don Guanella went in person to help the earthquake victims and, above all, with Don Bacciarini, present in the places of desolation, he organized assistance on site and hosted in his houses of Roma Trionfale and San Pancrazio hundreds of refugees, especially elderly people and orphans. An island of well-being was also created in Ferentino, where dozens of earthquake victims were able to find material and moral assistance. The fearful experience of the earthquake is dramatic because it is a reversal of life.

Wednesday, 21 December 2016 10pm

Sister Death lives next to us, belonging to life

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Don Guanella went further than Saint Francis, he said that death is not only related to us like a sister, but is the mother of life.

It is on this mother's yardstick that we should measure the steps of life. Recently Pope Francis appointed Msgr. Vincenzo Paglia president of the Pontifical Academy for Life. The affectionate echo of "sister death" immediately echoed in the heart of the president of the Academy of Life and he published a volume on the dignity of living and dying.

Wednesday, October 26 2016 14: 37

For the elderly, recover competence and attention

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by Flavia Caretta

An unpleasant phenomenon that is increasingly spreading is the lack of respect for older people. The best way to prevent abuse and mistreatment is most likely to invest in culture, on the topic of the value that we attribute to people in general, even at a social level.

I think we need to start again from the idea that today the elderly still have a high social "value". Society and institutions increasingly focus their attention on other ages of life, and this is commendable. However, the elderly should once again be universally considered an essential social component. From this platform of shared values, social welfare policies and public investments can then arise.

Wednesday, March 02, 2016 13:52 am

«Don Vincenzo, don't lose your smile»

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edited by Graziella Fons

When we say of a person that he is a "gentleman", we want to highlight that cluster of human virtues that make an existence positive. Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman, in describing the qualification of a gentleman, said: "Being a gentleman means showing consideration for others, it is the equivalent of loving your neighbor as yourself." In the lives of each of us we have met people, men and women, deserving of this definition.

We can certainly attribute a plebiscite for this certification to Don Vincenzo Savio, bishop of Belluno-Feltre on 31 March 2004 at the age of fifty-nine. His young age, but, above all, the testimony of his enthusiastic apostolic zeal promoted a chorus of sympathy in the few years in which he was bishop in the Belluno-Feltre diocese. Why do we write about it? Because Don Vincenzo, as he also called himself as a bishop, in the last weeks of his fatal illness wanted the door of the archbishopric to be opened so that his dioceses could give him a "Goodbye", thus, "handing him over to God", to moment of his death. There was great participation in the events of his health, above all, for the beneficial and encouraging pastoral perspective that he had aroused in the three years of his episcopal mission.

Thursday, 04 February 2016 13:50

Hold on to the tormented thread of fear

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From the previous issue of our magazine, Father Giovanni Cucci began to deal with a new theme to offer help, to accompany us in the "space of fragility" which in any case concerns human existence. As an introduction to his volume «Inhabiting the space of fragility. Oltre a cultura dell'homo infirmus" (ed. Ancora, euro16,00) reports the dialogue of a scene from a film by the famous director Woody Allen which we offer as a benefit to readers. Our desire is the attempt to offer a lifeboat to our physical discomfort to light a spark of hope.

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