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SOCIETY 

418. Corpus Christie: Mafia- Excommunicated
417. India: Girls raped for going to the toilet
410. Why has India framed two Nato Marines (Marò)?

409. Kochi: With Marò History Repeats Itself

407. India to Accuse EU Marò Sailors of Terrorism- Madness

406. The Cost for Being a Catholic in Italy- Photo Reportage

405. Marò: the Cunning Indians against the Ingenuous Italians

403. And Now... 2014

402. Christmas 2013

400. My Fairy-Tale Village: A Second Photo-Reportage

399. Christmas at Green is... Sarmede

398. Syria: Chemical Attacks, Cross-Fire on Twitter

397. Italy: Remembrance Sunday with the Pope’s Secretary

396. Pope Francis' Secretary Says Mass at Our Church

395. From the Vatican With Love

394. Class of 1948- 65th Reunion: Photo-Reportage

393. Catholics: Divorce and Re-Marriage

392. My Fairy-Tale Village: A Photo-Reportage

391. Mother Teresa: An Offence to Non-Catholic Children

389. Pope Francis Proclaimed a Fast Against War in Syria- Why?

388. Syria: What about the Refugees?

387. Egypt: Put Your Money Where your Mouth is

384. Summer’s Deception

383. Lampedusa: Does not Make Pope Fan of Illegal Immigrants

379. The World of the Baby Boomers Now

378. Pino Puglisi the anti-Mafia Priest: Beatified

377. The Disputed Child Must Return to the Father

375. #Italy: Commemoration of an Assassination

374. Violence: The Victims

373. #Italy, The Gunman, his Wife, his Son

372. Italy’s Ministers signing in at the sound of gun shots aimed to kill

371. Liberation Day from 2009
369. Work Ennobles Man
368. Italy’s Crises Provokes Suicides?
353. What if a Meteorite fell in your back garden? 

350. India: 24,206 women raped in 2011 

349 Spread love, peace and lots of smiles

348. God Will Find a Way... Late I have Loved You

344. Marò: “Fake Documents from India” 

343. A Christmas Tree with the Kitties? Impossible!

338. Halloween

337. Another Earthquake hits Italy

336. A Child Torn in Two: and Justice is Blind

335. The Scenes that Shocked Italians 

333. An “Easy-Meal” Recipe

331. 20 Easy-to-Prepare Meals
328. Uncovering History
326. Reading in Church 314. Italy: Republic Day in Mourning
325. Why do they burn Christians in Syria?
323. Holidays: To Go or Not To Go
316. Sarmede: Aesthetically Speaking

313. Italy- Earthquake: A Week Later
312. Italy: Bomb Attack: Mafia or Terrorism?
311. The Crisis, William Hague Leads the Way
310. Gagging Immigrants
309. India Against Italy

308. Italy- Liberation Day: The War Untold
307. Gay Sex and the Catholic Church
301. Finding the Keel of Happiness

298. Staving off Paedophiles
297. Paedophiles: Things Left Unsaid
296. When Things Go Wrong
295. My Choice of the Top Ten Blogs – Never Mind What Google Says
294 Moments of Joy
283. 9/11

276. Terrorism: Mumbai-Oslo

275. Life with Granny

272. Blood Tests

267. Naples: City of Awe and Rubbish

266. Italy: Republic Day – Wow!

265. Italy: Republic Day! Ugh!

260. The Royal Wedding- A Lesson to Learn

259. The Not So Holy Week

256. A Bit of Leg Pulling

255. The Unification of Italy: A Dilemma

254. Carnival of Vittorio Veneto: No.2 The Opening

253. Carnival of Vittorio Veneto: No.1 The Children

251. The Punjab Poisoned by Cowardly Extremists

249. The African Crises and Italian Politics

242. Pakistan- The Price to Pay for Doing Good: 27 Gun Shots in Your Back

241. Take Hold of the Last Year To Make the New One Shine

237. WikiLeaks: Comedy of Errors

236. Our Choirs- A Species in Extinction?

233. India: Dropping and Picking Up Things: Part Two

232. India: Dropping and Picking Up Things

231. India- Treading on Egg Shells

230. Nobel Peace Prize to a “Criminal”

226. Help Stop The Stoning of Sakineh in Iran Now!

225. Reflection on Holiday Distractions

224. Palio 2010 Cappella Maggiore

215. Labour Day – Layabouts Holiday

213. Goodbye Raimondo Vianello

207. Festival of Sanremo: Emanuele Filiberto: Italy’s Prince Charming

206. Italy and Back Part 7: Males, Females, English/Italian Outlook

205. Italy and Back Part 6: The Catholic Church and “Osterias”

204. Italy and Back Part 5: The Hunter and the Hunted

203. Italy and Back Part 4: Titles, Thee and Thou, and Italian Grammar

202. Italy and Back Part 3: Health and Employment

201. Italy and Back Part 2: Loos and Paper “Coins”

200. Italy and Back- Part 1

199. The Befana- an Enigmatic Figure

198. To Remember the Moments of Joy

196. Venice and My French Cousins

195. Instigation to Violence on the Social Media

193. Switzerland Says “No” to Minarets

189. Have Italians Forgotten They are Italian?

188. The Crucifix: an Offence to Man

187. NYERERE: A Leader to be Proud of

185. Raina, The Most Beautiful Queen in the World

184. Islamic Religion in Italian Schools?

179. Afghanistan: Time to Draw the Line

178. L’Aquila: Houses Inaugurated

177. Goodbye Mike!

173. European Community and Crime

172. Prisons: Overcrowding

171. Burkini: How Italians React

170. Italians Like Michelle Obama’s Shorts

165. Iran: A Mockery of Freedom

163. Italy: from “The Times” Ladies’ Page Point of View- Ha!

157. A Wee Bit of Scotland

153. Treviso: Not at all to be ignored

151. Losing the Flab

149. My Neighbours By Night

145. What does Liberation Day Mean in Italy?

144. Rita Levi-Montalcini

143. Unwanted Human Carnage

141. The Great Silence: To Hear A Cry From the Earth

136. Women's Day Forgotten by Anglo-Saxon Natives

132. 25 Random Facts About Me (Facebook)

126. 2009 Really Brand New

125. Bonanza: Not Just About Cowboys

124. Tibetan Singing Bowls: Effects on People

123. Twitter, Facebook and Yuwie- All About People?

122. Underwater Venice- Thanks to Politicians and Contesters

121. Baby Jesus Among the Mumbai Grenades

120. Terrorists Wage War Against India: Why?

119. How Can You Blame a Teacher for This?

118. Michelle Obama- First Mum

116. Obama is not Black- His Mother was White

113. Earlston-Cappella Maggiore Twinning

112. NBC Goofs Up on the Murder of Meredith

110. GOGUNDA: Raja's Royal Palace now a 5 Star Hotel

109. Eddie Murphy and the Italians

108. Godega: The Hotel with a Zoo

107. Miss Italia- I was a Beauty Queen...

105. 1917-18 The Year that Inspired Hemmingway to Write "Farewell to Arms"

103. Love Thy Neighbour- Never Like This Before

102. She's Free!

101. Ingrid Betancourt: Why is She Still in Chains?

100. Women Have Always Been Equal to Men in Italy...

99. Women's Lib: 40 Years On

97. Who Said Life Ain't What it Used to Be?

89. Goodbye Suzy!

86. Zimbabwe: Adding Insult to Injury

84: Zimbabwe: Opens the Door to Foreign Agression

76. Why is This Woman Still in Chains?

74. EXPO-Italy: Winning Theme: Feeding the Planet and Life Friendly Power Resources

66. Riyadh and Women Drivers

63. Slaughter... Slaughter... Slaughter...

62. Working for the U.S. Army

60. The Need to Love...

58. AFRICA: Un Mondo di Contrasti- A World of Contrasts

55. Tid-bits from England

54. Condemned to Death at 23

52. Naples: Trash Ultimatum From European Court

51. The Blues!

47. Rectifying my blunders

44. Pakistan's darkest hour

36. Digging up Grandmother

35. My Answers...

34. How Old is Santa?

33. Try this on your friends...

32. Meredith: Updating

31. Desecrating the Memory of Meredith

30. In Flanders Fields

29. Why did Meredith Have to Die?

28. Bonfire Night

27. For Evil to Exist...

26. The Day After Halloween

25. Halloween in Italy

18. The Enigma of Pavarotti's Wills

15. Pavarotti's Funeral: A Note of Discord

11. Much Ado About a Kiss or The Capitals of Rajasthan

7. A Midsummer Night's...

5. People Say I live in Paradise

4. Comedy...Tragic-Comedy...Tragedy... School Life

3. Other Bloggers

2. Getting to Know You

1. In the Beginning

THE ARTS AND WRITING WORLD

411. The Writing Process Blog Hop

392. My Fairy-Tale Village: A Photo-Reportage

390. Yes, You Can Sell A Book by its Cover!

382. The Fountain of Trevi Revisited

329. September Musing

320. The Reality of Fiction Process

319. Blogging in July? You’re Kidding!

305. Reality Fiction

304. Writers and Readers are not what they used to be

303. Writing a Book or Painting a Picture

282. Worldly Language- 3 Poetry

281. Worldly Language – 2 Celebrities

280. Worldly Language - 1

274. Bloggers do count- part two

273. Bloggers do count- part one

245. The Language of Colours

244. The Language of Intention

229. Theatre Means Togetherness

223. The Publishing Discord: My Answer

222. The Publishing Discord

192. Theatre People

191. To Be or Not to Be Self-Published

190. A Theatre all of Our Own

186. 27th International Children Books Illustration

183. NOTES from the TILT-AWHIRL by N.D. Wilson Book Review

181. Convergence Newsroom Journalism, the Way Ahead

168. 6th Century Church: Which Last Supper was it?

167. 6th Century Church: Orange or Pomegranate?

155. Books are Like Baked Beans: Authors you have been warned

134. Excavating Back to the 6th Century

133. Not All Abstract Art is Bullshit, But How Can You Tell the Difference?

130. For Writers and Readers

129. Associated Content and My Anti-Valentines

117. The Truth About You- Marcus Buckingham

115. Lynne Spears- Through the Storm- Review

114. 26th International Children Books Illustration Exhibition

110. GOGUNDA: Raja's Royal Palace now a 5 Star Hotel

106. Three Writers I Know Who Click

105. 1917-18 The Year that Inspired Hemmingway to Write "Farewell to Arms"

96. Paul McDonald: A Writer from Walsall

95. Writers' Rooms

62. Working for the U.S. Army

57. From My Archives: The Reluctant Novice

56. Rose Hacker- The Oldest Columnist at 101

48. Another Blunder - but not mine

43. We believe what the cinema wants us to believe

40. From My Archives

24. Why Poets Should Be

23. This is the Time to Write

22. Courtoom Bamboozle 2: A Passage to India

21. Courtroom Bamboozle 1: A Pound of Flesh

20. Painting for Kids Continued

19. Painting for Kids

17. Stains of Thought

16. Artists Should Not Paint in Huts

14. The Arts & Crafts Stalls

13. My Fairyland Village

12. The End of Summer

10 Drama for Kids (Continued)

9. Drama for Kids (and not just)

8. Venice: How I met my U.K. writer's group Chairman

GOD And STUFF

419. Cardinal Ravasi: Re-visited

418. Corpus Christie: Mafia- Excommunicated 

416. Mariam, A 2014 Christian Martyr

415. Feasting on the Patron Saint Day

414. The Easter Vigil Revisited: Photo-reportage

413. That Was the Holy Week That Was: Good Friday- Photoreportage

412. That Was the Holy Week That Was: Maundy Thursday

408. A Priest: A Messenger of Jesus

406. The Cost for Being a Catholic in Italy- Photo Reportage

404. Why are Pope Francis’ Translators so Dim?

401. Consecration of a Nun

397. Italy: Remembrance Sunday with the Pope’s Secretary

396. Pope Francis' Secretary Says Mass at Our Church

395. From the Vatican With Love

393. Catholics: Divorce and Re-Marriage

391. Mother Teresa: An Offence to Non-Catholic Children

389. Pope Francis Proclaimed a Fast Against War in Syria- Why?

381. Saint Anthony - Forgotten!

378. Pino Puglisi the anti-Mafia Priest: Beatified

376. A Saint Unearthed

367. Pope John Paul II: Anniversary

366. From Don Bosco India on: Media Convergence & Digital Ecosystems

365. Don’t Smell of Church When…

364. A Choice of the Holy Spirit

363. Photo-Blogging: A Salesian Party in Rome

362. Media Convergence & Digital Ecosystems

359. The Thorns in Pope Benedict’s Crown

358. Ash Wednesday- A lesson on ashes 

357. Why the Pope Resigned

356. Catholic Politicians

355. Christian Unity Week… Not Again??? 

354. Is One Baptism Enough?

351. The 2012 Te Deum

347. A Teacher’s Knack to Communicate at all Levels 

346. Evangelization: What does it Really Mean? 

345. What I Like About Italian Bishops... 

342. Choosing the Archbishop of Canterbury= Taking the Holy Ghost for a Ride 

341. Anti-Popery Pictures in the Daily Mail U.K

340. Catholics in England are Still Penalized

339. How to be a Saint: Recipe

334. Should Babies Be Baptized? 

332. A saint among us: Luigi Guanella

330. Cardinal Martini: An Awkward Figure for the Catholic Church

327. Support a Catholic Speaker Month

324. The Assumption: Celebration of the Body

322. Pope John Paul I And the Faith of Others 307. Gay Sex and the Catholic Church

318. Laughing Your Way to Heaven

317. Priests are Made of This 

302. Let’s Go Light on Lent

287. Living: People Drifting Away

286. Living: People Do What They Have to Do

279. The Assumption of the B.V.M. Setbacks

278. Whoring in the Bible

277. Radio Maria on Air

270. Corpus Christi and a church without a name

269. When a Man Becomes a Priest

261. The Word “Only”

259. The Not So Holy Week

246. Confirmation and Bad Company

243. Jerusalem- Sixty-two Years of Anguish

240. Jesus was Born in Turmoil: Anything Changed today?

239. Just How Much do Some People Hate Christians

235. God’s Love is not Merchandise- Part Two

234. God’s Love is not Merchandise

228. Where Satan Casts His Most Ferocious Blows

227. Quitting Christianity

220. End of Pilgrimage

219. The Holy Shroud, True or False?

218. The Sacred Mounts of Oropa and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

217. A love Story

216. Today’s Saint: One of Us

212. Sarmede- The Way of the Cross

211. The Stations of the Cross- Rugolo

210. Why are Priests so Persecuted?

209. Listen and Welcome

208. Motta di Livenza: Opening of the 500 Years Anniversary of Apparition

188. The Crucifix: an Offence to Man

184. Islamic Religion in Italian Schools?

180. Introducing Marguerite Peeters

176. Viterbo: The First Conclave

175. To Reveal “A Higher Truth”

174. Heads Under the Chopper

169. The Human Body: Merchandise Exchange?

166. Goodbye Father Zuliani

164. Why do Muslims Burn Christians?

156. Being a Priest Today is No Fun

148. The Last Farewell: I Shall Leave You a Sign

147. Rugolo by Night

146. Montaner: The Village of Surprises

142. Processions, Places and Faces

139. Fregona: The Silence of the Hills

138. A Franciscan in Town

137. What is All the Fuss About? The Arrival...

135. Satan does not Want the Kingdom to Come...

131. You Will Have Joy

127. To Be Or Not To Be A Christian...

111. ASSISI: Left Wing Offers the Oil - Right Wing Embraces Mankind

98. Corpus Christi: You Won't See This in China

87. Padre Pio Unearthed

59. Lourdes; 150 Years Later

49. And now... The've gagged the Pope

46. A Salesian in Town

39. They want to move Padre Pio

POLITICS

386. Berlusconi and Pontius Pilate

385. Italy’s President Under Fire by Communist Leader

380. ITALY. Local Elections- The Right Let the Left Win

370. Italy: President’s Election Leaves Left-wing Shattered to Bits

369. Work Ennobles Man 

361. Italian Elections: The Future is Now 

360. Italian Elections: What’s New?

352. Italy: Who will be the next Prime Minister?

321. With Mario Monti Italy has never had it so good.

315 Roberto Maroni in Sarmede: Do We Still Need the Northern League?

306. Politicians Thieving Again

300. Berlusconi and the Justice System

299. Berlusconi and the Mafia

293. Italy: Monti- Russian Roulette

292. The Press: Transforming Reality

291. Obama: Europe, Be Nice To Italy!

290 Berlusconi, Cromwell and The Financial Times

289. Berlusconi Rides Again, Milan’s Stock Exchange flies, while Rome Burns: 2

288. Berlusconi Rides Again, Milan’s Stock Exchange flies, while Rome Burns: 1

285. Berlusconi Don’t Go Home and Leave Italy in the Hands of the Prima Donnas

284. A Catholic Political Party in Italy?

271. Italy: Bad Mark for the Budget

268.The Economist: Berlusconi Screwed up Italy

264. Milan: The Change-over

263. Milan: Expo 2015

262. Milan: The End of the Berlusconian Era?

258. Italian Parliament Flares Up.

257. Libya: Latest Cock-up

252. Libya: Italy is not the Border of a Country but of Europe

250. Europe Says No to Refugees

249. The African Crises and Italian Politics

248. Berlusconi: Prostitution and Minors

247. Berlusconi: Women’s Demonstration- the Motive

238. Finiani- First Republic Games

221 Alessandra Mussolini, Bravo!

214. A LIB LAB CON for Italy Too?

194. Berlusconi: Hit in the Face

182. Judges Take the Italian Parliament for a Ride...

163. Italy: from “The Times” Ladies’ Page Point of View- Ha!

162. Does the Economist U.K. Still think Italian Voters are Idiots?

161. Civil Justice is Deaf, Blind and Mute in Italy

160. G8 Summit: A New System

159. G8 Summit: The Lighter Side

158. Guardian U.K. Declares War Against Italy

154. My Letter to Gheddafi: An Italian Paradox

152. Why does The Times Find Looking Inside Berlusconi's Pants So Fascinating?

150. The Times U.K. On “Backstairs Fascism” in Italy

140. The Guardian U.K. Takes Yet Another Swipe at Italy

122. Underwater Venice- Thanks to Politicians and Contesters

94. Spain's Verbal Diarrhea

91. Wicked, Unjust, Illegal, Shocking, Abominable, Dangerous...

90. "The Times" Reports Fairy Tale Stories on Fascism

88. The Wisdom of China

86. Zimbabwe: Adding Insult to Injury

84: Zimbabwe: Opens the Door to Foreign Aggression

78. Voting: Two Parties but Only One Box...

77. My Plan for Governing Italy

71. The Wall Street Journal Takes a Swipe at Berlusconi: Why?

53. The Stupidity of Political Games

50. Justice! What is it?

38. Only God can Save Italy

37. This Mad, Mad Italy





The Olympics in China 2008

85. India- The Flame: A Masturbated Reality

83. Olympics and China: The Future...

82. To The Youth of China

81. One World One Dream

80. The Olympics and Hillary Clinton

79. The Flame of Shame: So As Not To Forget

75. The Chinese: They've Done it Again!

73. Olympic Flame Handover

72. Dear Gordon Brown, Don't Sell Yourself Short...

70. Brown and Bush: Champions of Freedom...

69. The French President has the Audacity to Represent Europe at the Olympics

68. China Has Broken Its Word

67. The Mighty Shame of China

65. Kissinger and Mao Typescripts

64. China and The First Emperor

61. China and the Olympics

China
98. Corpus Christi: You Won't See This in China

93. China: A Broken Heart

88. The Wisdom of China