Pope Francis opened the New Year by highlighting the Jan. 1 feast of Mary, Mother of Jesus, the central role women have played in salvation history and that they still have for bringing world peace.
Love is neither domination nor possession, President Sergio Mattarella told Italians in his traditional end of year message Sunday commenting on a wave of femicide that has hit Italy in the past year. (ANSA)
Pope Francis on Monday denounced violence against women, speaking as Italy is in the midst of national soul-searching about how to shed an entrenched culture of male chauvinism that often has led to femicide.
Pope Francis on Monday denounced violence against women, speaking as Italy is in the midst of national soul-searching about how to shed an entrenched culture of male chauvinism that often has led to femicide. Francis has made numerous appeals for an end to violence against women in the past. Italian lawmakers unanimously backed a raft of measures to clamp down on violence against women after the killing reopened a national debate on the subject.
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