Massimo Cacciari

Massimo Cacciari

Cardinal Martini, a giant of the contemporary Church “Martini was a daring man; he constantly invited contradiction and provocation of the conscience, Christian or otherwise. His mission lay in this prophetic-eschatological approach. Never arrogant or...
Ferruccio De Bortoli

Ferruccio De Bortoli

Martini, a reassuring voice for a frightened Milan “In the years marked by terrorism, he spoke with a firm and clear voice on behalf of a city paralysed by the fear that terror would overcome the State and dismayed by a generalised lack of a firm stance. His...
Giovanni Barbareschi

Giovanni Barbareschi

In an interview for the Carlo Maria Martini Foundation Archive in 2015, probably the last released, Fr. Giovanni Barbareschi, who helped organise the “Lectures for non-believers”, draws an intense profile of the Cardinal. <span style=”display: inline-block;...
Maria Dutto

Maria Dutto

Maria Dutto, long-standing president of Opera Impiegate, an association founded by Father Agostino Gemelli in 1912 to assist women in difficulty arriving in Milan seeking work. She also served as diocesan president of Azione Cattolica from 1976 to 1983. Especially in...