She hoped to be a medical missionary, and she continues to offer a witness through her normal yet countercultural life. She hoped to be a medical missionary, and she continues to offer a witness through her normal yet countercultural life.
Does the Vatican have a double standard on papal privacy?
A scene from the new Italian documentary Solo Insieme ( Only Together ). (Credit: Screen capture.)
A new documentary premiers tomorrow night on the Italian network RaiTre called “Solo Insieme,” meaning “Only Together,” about the pontiff’s outings to visit private homes, prisons, hospitals, families, former prostitutes, migrants and drug addicts, which began as part of his Jubilee Year of Mercy in 2015.
News Analysis
ROME – One certainly can’t accuse the Vatican of being part of what Italians call the “no vax” crowd, meaning resistance to the Covid-19 vaccines. Not only did the Vatican nip a Catholic form of such opposition in the bud recently by signing off on the morality of the vaccine, but on Saturday the Vatican announced that its own personnel will begin receiving the vaccine in the second half of January.