Dec 17, 2020 | First hand accounts
Cardinal Martini, a giant of the contemporary Church “Martini was a daring man; he constantly invited contradiction and provocation of the conscience, Christian or otherwise. His mission lay in this prophetic-eschatological approach. Never arrogant or...
Dec 17, 2020 | First hand accounts
Martini, a reassuring voice for a frightened Milan “In the years marked by terrorism, he spoke with a firm and clear voice on behalf of a city paralysed by the fear that terror would overcome the State and dismayed by a generalised lack of a firm stance. His...
Dec 16, 2020 | First hand accounts
In an interview for the Carlo Maria Martini Foundation Archive in 2015, probably the last released, Fr. Giovanni Barbareschi, who helped organise the “Lectures for non-believers”, draws an intense profile of the Cardinal. <span style=”display: inline-block;...
Nov 10, 2020 | First hand accounts
Maria Dutto, long-standing president of Opera Impiegate, an association founded by Father Agostino Gemelli in 1912 to assist women in difficulty arriving in Milan seeking work. She also served as diocesan president of Azione Cattolica from 1976 to 1983. Especially in...
Nov 10, 2020 | First hand accounts, Uncategorized
Il 2 novembre scorso è mancato padre Bartolomeo Sorge. Vogliamo ricordarlo riproponendo la sua testimonianza su Carlo Maria Martini, raccolta il 25 maggio 2015, in particolare nel passaggio finale che accosta il programma apostolico di papa Francesco al sogno di padre...
