Month: April 2025

CORRIERE CANADESE / La tomba di Papa Francesco realizzata con la pietra della Liguria, terra dei suoi nonni materni

CITTÀ DEL VATICANO – La tomba che accoglierà la salma di Papa Francesco, nella Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, verrà realizzata con materiale di provenienza ligure, presenterà la sola iscrizione “Franciscus” e la riproduzione della sua croce pettorale: sarà nel loculo della navata laterale tra la Cappella Paolina (Cappella della Salus Populi Romani) e la Cappella Sforza della basilica liberiana, situata nei pressi dell’Altare di San Francesco. E sarà a terra, come l’umile Francesco ha voluto e chiesto che fosse… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

RAI’s Hit Series arrives on Netflix

TORONTO – As of April 20th, North Americans are being treated to all four seasons of Italy’s most popular tv series, The Sea Beyond, thanks to a “unique deal” reached with powerhouse streamer Netflix. The series follows a group of delinquents including Filippo (Nicolas Maupas) and Carmine (Massimiliano Caiazzo), who are serving time in a juvenile detention center on the Gulf of Naples. Aptly labelled a “teen prison drama”, the series is an ensemble coming of age story whose themes have not only stuck a chord with younger audiences, but resonated with a wide demographic. 

Pope’s tomb made of slate from the land of his Italian grandparents

VATICAN CITY – The Pope’s tomb, in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, will be made with material of Ligurian origin, it will have only the inscription “Franciscus” and the reproduction of his pectoral cross: it will be in the niche of the side nave between the Pauline Chapel (Chapel of the Salus Populi Romani) and the Sforza Chapel of the Liberian basilica, located near the Altar of Saint Francis. And it will be on the ground, as the humble Francis wanted and asked it to be.