Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini is among the most controversial and provocative filmmakers ever to impact the international cinema community. Italian director, screenwriter, essayist, poet, critic and novelist, Pasolini often focused his work on the realities of the pre-industrial age, using shocking juxtapositions of imagery to expose the vapidity of modern v ...

Padre Pio

“Far be it from me to glory except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Gal 6:14).

Like the Apostle Paul, Padre Pio da Pietrelcina placed at the centre of his life and apostolic work the Cross of his Lord as his strength, his wisdom and his glory. Inflamed by love of Jesus Christ, he became like him in the sacrifice of himself for the ...

Palmiro Togliatti

Italian politician who was a founding member of the Italian Communist Party in 1921 and effectively its leader for almost 40 years from 1926 until his death. In exile 192644, he returned after the fall of the Fascist dictator Mussolini to become a member of Badoglio's government and held office until 1946. Togliatti trained as a lawyer, served in ...

Benito Mussolini

Mussolini's rise to power was rapid; his Fascist Party Blackshirts marched into Rome in 1922, a year before Hitler's failed first attempt to seize power, the Munich Beer Hall Putch, landed the German in prison. By the time Hitler became the Fuehrer (Leader) of Germany, Mussolini had been "IL DUCE" (Leader) of Italy for more than ten years. He had b ...

Giuseppe Mazzini

Born in Genoa in 1805, Giuseppe Mazzini quickly proved that he was a very precocious individual. At just 15 years of age Mazzini enrolled at the University, and at 21 he wrote the essay “Dell’amor patrio di Dante” (Dante’s Patriotic Love). On October 26 he obtained a degree in “Jure Utroque”, and he then enlisted in the “Carboneria”. After a period ...