Raffaella Carrà Last Return to St Pio, San Giovanni Rotondo

By Enza Ferreri Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer, dancer, television presenter and actress whose fame went beyond Italy, died on July 5 at the age of 78. She had success in several countries in Europe, including Spain, Germany, England, France, Holland, Belgium, Greece, and in Latin America. Carrà since 1970 has sold over 60 million copies […]

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Eerie 2019 Predictions of Coronavirus Obsession

By Enza Ferreri This post on the blog of Italian journalist and writer Aldo Maria Valli that I present here after translating it was published on 29 March 2019, but that is exactly what makes it so interesting: it is incredibly accurate in its predictions, which were meant not literally but ironically, and gives us […]

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How Julius Caesar & Pope Gregory Created Best Calendar

By Enza Ferreri   So, 2020 is a leap year, hence it has the extra day just elapsed, 29 February. The Catholic Church, which has a very long tradition of scientific and astronomical achievements, has created the calendar that mostly approaches perfection, and we owe this to faith. Maybe many people are not aware of […]

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Raphael’s Sistine Chapel Wonder Shown for First Time

The first thing to say is that, if you search Google for “Raffaello” (known as Raphael in English), the first results you get are about the Ferrero Raffaello chocolate confections, “spherical coconut–almond” Wikipedia specifies. This says a lot about what our society considers priorities (a hint: what makes money). Only if you search for “Raffaello […]

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