The so-called “Hope Loan”, which was boastfully announced two years ago by the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) and emphatically advertised by the media, (see Ultimissima 31st March 2009) did not work out: no more than 150 families benefited from it in 2010. The stats were revealed by the National Daily Press Agency ASCA, according to which the criteria to obtain the loan will be revised in order to make it more accessible. It will be extended to businesses and it won’t be restricted to families with three children,… Read more »
Monthly Archives: January 2011
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- Uaar launches an Artistic Contest for a Secular Representation of Grief and Death
- In Public Offices the Crucifix Cannot be Imposed: the State Council’s Ruling on the Mandas Case
- Even in death, non-believers can’t escape the crosses of Rome
- 2020: Lombardy is the region with the highest clerical rate of the year
- The not so subtle art of censorship double-standards in Genoa
- Preserving the Rights of Those Who Don’t Attend Religion Classes: UAAR writes to Ministers Azzolina and Speranza