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    Migrants: Help from the Pope, A Politician Heckles

    Judith Harris(August 12, 2015)
    Even as Pope Francis was having foodstuffs delivered to a Roman center for migrants, some Italian politicians were having a verbal field day denouncing not only the newcomers, but also those who feed them. The problem is daunting: in a single day, Aug. 10, the Italy coast guard rescued 1,552 people in seven separate operations off the Libyan coast.
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    Migrant Isle of Lampedusa

    Judith Harris(May 04, 2015)
    Despite the arrival by sea of almost 6,000 migrants on just two days, May 2 and 3, most Italians care. Few care more, or are more hard pressed to handle what is literally a Biblical exodus, than the front-line mayor of the tiny isle of Lampedusa, Giuseppina (“Giusi”) Maria Nicolini. The question is to what extent the rest of Europe shares some of the same courageous awareness.
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    Still Political Mid-Winter in Italy

    Judith Harris(April 14, 2015)
    Spring is busting out all over Italy, but the political climate remains deep winter. Premier Matteo Renzi, whose popularity had been robust at almost 40% in January, is watching his once firm grip on politics slip to today’s 33%. Meanwhile the stormy problems facing his government – public works, migrants, election rules – would challenge any leader anywhere.
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    A Pope Called Francis

    Massimo Enrico Milone(December 17, 2014)
    Bergoglio’s courage to call himself Francis emphasized the need for the Church to change course immediately. That is, to take the word of God to the streets of the world.
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    Lampedusa: Immigration, the Law, Recriminations

    Judith Harris(October 06, 2013)
    Even as Italian fire fighters brought up more bodies this morning from the moral as well as physical abyss off the isle of Lampedusa, a battle over the Italian law governing immigration rages. Of the over 500 known to have been aboard the ship that burned early Thursday, 143 bodies were recovered while another 220, and possibly more, have been identified inside the sunken ship today. This latest tragedy means that Italy's harsh immigration law is under severe scrutiny.
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    The Face of Many of Us

    Bianca Sorminis(October 03, 2013)
    About a hundred migrants lost their lives and many more are still missing off the Italian island of Lampedusa, after yet another deadly illegal migrants boat accident.
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    Bloody Mediterranean

    Giulia Madron(October 03, 2013)
    So far 94 people are reported dead in today's tragic event off the shore of Lampedusa, among them 4 children and a pregnant woman. The political world reacts to another incident that could have been prevented...
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    Pope Francis Leaves a Mark in Lampedusa

    Giulia Madron(July 09, 2013)
    “We are Responsible for the death of the ‘undocumented’” For his first trip outside of Rome, Pope Francis chose the Sicilian island, which symbolized last hope for many immigrants.

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