The Third Sector is ready to apply the reform law, 90 billion euros the annual turnover in Italy. Memorandum of Understanding signed with the mayors
Both on the doctrinal and liturgical level and on the practical and international relations level, Pope Francis has never managed to emancipate himself from a very South American and substantially anti-Western vision and the ambiguities regarding the war in Ukraine have been evident
The signing of the Pacts put an end to the dispute, which began in 1870, between the State and the Church. The agreement, composed of three documents, a treaty, a convention and a concordat (the latter revised in 1984), marked the end of the so-called "Roman Problem"...
With a clear 3-0, Juve avenged the first-leg defeat against Sassuolo and consolidated second place in the standings, just two points behind Inter - Vlahovic and Chiesa are a joyful goal-scoring machine
Not a trivial match tonight in Turin between Juve and Sassuolo: the Bianconeri must win if they want to keep up with league leaders Inter but Sassuolo is the only team that has defeated them in the league so far - Atalanta is struggling...
In the splendid setting of Villa Brasini, 4 hours of insights, tastings, fashion shows, music and make-up for brides took place in Rome, all dedicated to the theme of marriage and the organization of the wedding event. Among the guests: influencers of…
Francesco Profumo, president of Acri, with Cardinal Zuppi, President of the CEI, presented the multi-year survey on Ecclesiastical Cultural Heritage
"I'm here to listen, I'm not a mediator and I have no plans for peace," Cardinal Zuppi told Zelensky. Difficult to think of peace in the hours of the terrible destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam but Zuppi is a good…
on 11 February 2013, hearing the formula "Ingravescenti aetate", the Ansa Vatican correspondent understood what was happening: Benedict XVI had announced his resignation. It remains a historic fact in the history of the Catholic Church
Covid has only slowed down religious tourism in Italy, which compared to the summer of last year marks a 29% growth in attendance - Hundreds of places that are now networking and seeing recovery
The Italian champions are betting strongly on the Florentine striker but so far they have not found the necessary resources and Paratici has not yet managed to sell Rugani, De Sciglio or Douglas Costa nor to get rid of Kedhira - Roma are pressing on…
On February 18, 36 years ago, the agreement that modified the Lateran Pacts between the State and the Church was signed - Thus was born the 8x1000, which provides for a convoluted mechanism against which the Court of Auditors has expressed itself several times
The Index librorum prohibitorum, born in the sixteenth century, was updated more than 40 times over the centuries, until the Catholic Church decided to suppress it on February 4, 1966 - Here are some of the most famous authors who ended up on the Index
Luca Del Pozzo's book "Christian and political philosophy in Augusto Del Noce", published by Pagine, re-proposes the current thinking of the philosopher who died 30 years ago
On Saturday 30 March, 10 of the 16 teams in the Pontifical World Cup will take to the field. The finalists of May 2018 will face each other at the inaugural tournament. The novelty is that two groups will be dedicated to the teams of priests and the other two to…
A flat rate of 20% on the capital, no penalties and no interest - This is the hypothesis on the Government's table to collect the ICI not paid by the Church on commercial activities and avoid possible disputes - Fiscal peace would bring…
Clamorous ruling by the European Court: the Italian state will have to collect the ICI unpaid by the Church between 2006 and 2011. The appeal on the IMU rejected. The battle undertaken by the Montessori School of Rome for unfair competition. At stake are some…
The fashion for young footballers sons of great champions of the 90s is raging in Serie A (but not only): Patrick's 19-year-old son has already conquered Rome, while in France here are the sons of Weah and Thuram - VIDEO.
The 25.796 parishes of the 225 Italian dioceses will be insured against earthquakes, inundations and inundations - CEO Minali: "Operation of great social and cultural value"
Rain of criticism from the Church to the mayor of Rome: after the warnings of the Secretary of State Parolin and the CEI, the Osservatore Romano writes that "the capital is in a state of abandonment" - And Raggi cancels the Festival…
This year the distributed amount of the 8xthousand reached 1,245 billion euros, of which just under a billion went to the Church, while the State received only 195,61 million - This disproportion is the result of a mechanism which in …
The restructuring and "thinning" of the institute, which has often come under the spotlight in recent decades due to judicial investigations, has also reduced the accounts to 15.181, i.e. 4.614 fewer than in May 2013.
Due to the reduction of signatures in the tax returns presented in 2012, this year the CEI had to reduce expenses in various sectors.
COURT OF AUDITORS REPORT - The Catholic Church receives more than 80% of the money resulting from the 8xmille thanks to a mechanism that few know - Contributions to public coffers are less and less, but the State is not interested and…
Pope Francis points the finger at requests for money for masses, baptisms and blessings: "There are only two things that the people of God cannot forgive: a priest attached to money and a priest who mistreats people"…
Appointment on Thursday in Rome with a conference organized by Sioi on the occasion of the publication of Marco Politi's book entitled “Francesco among the wolves. The secret of a revolution” - Lucio Caracciolo, director of Limes, Cristina Comencini,…
Carlo Marroni's new novel tells the intricate mystery that winds around the secret bank accounts in the hands of the Church - Monsignor Ludovico Siniscalchi is investigating, on behalf of the new Pope Justin, with the help of the beautiful…
Another change for the small state in the heart of Rome, which under the pontificate of Francis has already entrusted the Promontory group with the verification of the current accounts of the IOR and the "due diligence" of the APSA.
Father Federico Lombardi, director of the press office of the Holy See, made it known that "the IOR is following a clear line of systematic identification and zero tolerance towards all those activities that are illegal or extraneous to the Statutes ...
THE OPINIONS of political scientists PEDRAZZI AND PASQUINO - Pedrazzi: "Yes, after the Pope's resignation, the media limelight will no longer be the exclusive prerogative of the political elections and this will especially damage Berlusconi" - Pasquino: "No, I don't think that the gesture of…
INTERVIEW WITH GIULIO SAPELLI - "Ratzinger was the Pope of Caritas in veritate, with which the Church for the first time admitted the need for different forms of property to exist: not only the capitalist one, but also the cooperative one...
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, which came at the end of a consistory, amazes even the Church - Father Lombardi, director of the Press Office: "The Pope took us a bit by surprise" - "A new Pope by March, for Easter" .
He announced it personally, in Latin, during the consistory for the canonization of the martyrs of Otranto.
The Professor's "ascent into politics" receives the support of the Vatican, in an article published in the Osservatore Romano - "The demand for high politics gathers around the figure of Monti" - Controversy over Berlsuconi's television presence, Rai promises spaces …
According to the latest rumors, tomorrow the EU should close the infringement procedure against Italy for alleged state aid to the Church, while no should be given to the recovery of sums owed for the past.
Angelo Bagnasco, president of the CEI, in an interview with Corriere della Sera: "Irresponsible are those who think of settling down while the house is still burning" - "The caretaker government has protected us from humiliating capitulations".
The main observation of Palazzo Spada concerns the need to better define what are "non-commercial" activities, referring to "economic activity as defined by EU law" - The new regulation guarantees several loopholes for non-profit organizations, which in…
The new text provides for an ad hoc definition of what is not considered a commercial activity - Non-profit activities, including ecclesiastical ones, will be exempt from the Imu on the portions of "mixed" use properties from which they obtain profits -…
The EU Commission threatens to sanction our country for not having collected since 2006 the tax on commercial properties owned by Catholic and non-profit entities, political parties and trade unions.
The Minister then assured that the Executive "will do everything possible to avoid the increase in VAT" - On the other hand, the Government will not dissolve the reserve on the Tobin Tax before tomorrow.
According to the State accounting judiciary, the Government "has made some application choices that not only go beyond the scope of the assigned regulatory power, but which were made in the absence of criteria or other regulatory indications aimed at specifying the nature…
Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, archbishop emeritus of Milan and, according to many, a failed pope, died at the age of 85 - He had been ill with Parkinson's for about 16 years - According to neurologist Gianni Pezzoli, Martini refused any kind…
Looking at the events of these days that concern the Church and the Catholic world, one thinks with a certain nostalgia of De Gasperi and Moro, of John XXIII and Paul VI, with some recognition also of the DC - Pope...
The book written by Sergio Romano and Beda Romano, published by Longanesi, traces the historical stages of the complicated relationship between the Church and the European states and analyzes the current topics of friction, from sexual mores to biological themes and…
