Daily Archives: Thursday, March 28, 2013

A church losing out to secularism, a shaky Mayor aiming at a second term and a controversial transport company. What have these things in common? An evangelization strategy burdening a badly strapped-for-cash municipality, namely Rome. On the occasion of Pope Francis’s inauguration, on Tuesday March 19th, Rome’s mayor, Gianni Alemanno, decided, in agreement with the Prefect and the Police Commissioner, to allow free travel on the underground system from 5:30 am to 2:00 pm, tapping into the Prime Minister’s funds…. Read more »