Day: September 29, 2024

Pope says doctors who provide abortions are ‘hitmen’

Pope Francis on Sunday said doctors who provide abortions are “hitmen”, speaking to reporters on the plane that was taking him back to Rome after a three-day visit to Belgium.

“Women have the right to life, their life and the life of their children….

Mattarella, Steinmeier commemorate Marzabotto massacre

The presidents of Italy and Germany, Sergio Mattarella and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on Sunday attended an 80th anniversary service at the scene of the worst Nazi atrocity in WWII at Marzabotto in the Bolognese Appenines when Waffen SS troops killed a…

Torino lose 2-3 to Lazio, Roma beat Venezia 2-1

Lazio clinched their first away victory, with Torino losing 2-3 to the Roman team on Sunday. The Turin side suffered their first defeat in the Serie A championship, losing their top position in the premier league standings.

Torino are now currently …

First joint heart and liver transplant in Italy

The first joint heart and liver transplant has been carried out at Turin’s Molinette Hospital on a 38-year-old patient with a heart condition who had previously gone through multiple heart surgeries, medical sources said Sunday.

No such joint transp…

‘Disproportionate defence is immoral’ – pope on Lebanon

Pope Francis on Sunday said defence must “always be proportional to the attack” – when it is “disproportionate”, it shows a tendency to “dominate that goes beyond morality”, replying to a question on air strikes on Lebanon and the conflict in the Mid…

Milan Jewish community denounces anti-Semitic hatred

Walker Meghnagi, president of Milan’s Jewish community, denounced on Sunday that “we are one step from a hunt for the Jew and from acts of open violence against religious and non-religious Jewish institutions and their representatives”, commenting ba…

UCEI ‘concerned that Oct. 7 terror hailed in Italy’

The President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI) Noemi Di Segni on Sunday expressed concern over protests hailing “terrorism and massacres” ahead of the first anniversary of Hamas’s deadly October 7 attack on Israel after hundreds of p…