Tag Archives: Calls
Letta calls on right-wing opposition to join reform effort
(ANSA) – Rome, December 3 – Center-left Premier Enrico Letta on Tuesday called on the new center-right opposition Forza Italia party to work with the government on needed reforms. Speaking at the ANSA news agency’s PhotoANSA 2013 book launch at … Continue reading
Letta calls for ‘progressive turning point’ in EU
(ANSA) – Rome, November 29 – Italian Premier Enrico Letta said Friday that Europe needed a “turning point brought about by progressives” after five years of austerity. Letta, who was addressing a congress of the tiny Italian Socialist Party, has … Continue reading
Alfano calls for justice reform after Berlusconi ouster
(see related) (ANSA) – Rome, November 27 – Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Angelino Alfano called for justice reform Wednesday after three-time premier Silvio Berlusconi was voted out of the Senate over a tax-fraud conviction. “Justice reform must not be … Continue reading
Pope calls for end to money ‘tyranny’ in exhortation
(By Sandra Cordon) (ANSA) – Vatican City, November 26 – Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation, a manifesto for his papacy, was published Tuesday calling for a more just world where money is treated as a tool and not a “tyrant” that … Continue reading
Pope cold calls Italian nun on her cell phone
(ANSA) – Naples, November 18 – Pope Francis on Monday caused a huge commotion among school kids in the poverty- and Mafia-ridden town of Casal di Principe when he called a nun who was teaching class there on her cell … Continue reading
Pope Francis calls charisma ‘gift of the Holy Spirit’
(ANSA) – Vatican City, November 6 – Pope Francis on Wednesday told worshippers at a general audience that the Catholic Church must appreciate charisma as a gift of the Holy Spirit. The wildly popular, charismatic Church leader said, ”Charisms, these … Continue reading
Pope calls on Vatican TV to work as team for the Church
(ANSA) – Vatican City, October 28 – Pope Francis called on the staff of the Vatican Television Centre (CTV) Monday to work together as a team and remember their professional duties to the Church. “Play like a team,” said the … Continue reading
Pope calls for effort to defend persecuted Christians
(ANSA) – Vatican City, October 24 – Pope Francis on Thursday called for a combined effort to protect persecuted Christians worldwide in an audience with global Jewish human rights organization the Simon Wiesenthal Center. ”I think with special pain about … Continue reading
EU parliament calls for suspension of US info-sharing
(ANSA) – Brussels, October 23 – The European Parliament on Wednesday approved a non-binding resolution calling for the suspension of an anti-terrorism financial information-sharing agreement with the United States, in response to alleged wiretapping of EU citizens made with the … Continue reading
Pope calls for justice system of hope and open doors
(ANSA) – Vatican City, October 23 – Pope Francis on Wednesday told 150 Italian prison chaplains that God is imprisoned with prisoners, and that the prison system must become one of hope and “open doors”. The pope spoke to the … Continue reading