The alarm for micro crime by Giovanissimi, immigration and Chinese mafia, Vatican finances in trouble. This and much more in the issue on newsstands from 7 May
The editorial of the director
«I met Francesco De Lorenzo when he had already fallen out of disgrace, transformed by the powerful of the First Republic in Reietto of the second. Until 1993 he had been Minister of Health of the Andreotti Government, revered and acclaimed, but in the months of the following year he was dragged in handcuffs before the public health court of the judicial “revolution”, insulted and damned. The images of the news that showed him awaiting judgment, by detached and sick after weeks of detention, prompted me to publish an article to ask for account of that preventive imprisonment. Certainly did not resort the dangers of escape, nor of reiteration of the crime or pollution of the tests: therefore, I asked myself, why keep it
Behind the bars. A similar questions I also addressed them in other cases, not only for De Lorenzo … “
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Armed boys
Clashes, stabbing, devastation, drug dealing. Baby gangs and groups of “maranza”, with second generations or new immigrants. And again, widespread violence and bullying in schools … involves all Italian cities the alarm for attacks and micro crime by Giovanissimi. Marginalization, school abandonment, discomfort raised during the pandemic, among the causes. And the strategy to face the phenomenon passes from the repression of crimes, but also by help with social interventions.
Triad of our house
The chronicles of these weeks reveal conflicts in the undergrowth of Chinese immigration. It is the mafia that thrives in the community. Always invisible, except when he kills.
The 30 denari of Bergoglio
The assets of the Church is immense, but due to excessive expenses and low control Vatican finances are in serious trouble. Nor have Pope Francis’ maneuvers have managed to buffer the blade of the accounts. And this will be one of the most urgent problems of the Pontiff who will come out of the Conclave.
Classic but contemporary
It is an original journey through images in classical beauty, the great retrospective that the rooms of the photography of Venice
dedicates to Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989), an American photographer known above all for the extraordinary plasticity of his nudes. Over 200 images exposed (until 6 January 2026), some of which never presented first in Italy.
If dad is a rock star
The children of the “legends” try to make their way. Among many falls, rare rebirth and some successes their stories seem to be written for a movie.
