Abortion in Italy

Italy: abortions slightly "diminishing"

(some 130,000 per year, on a 58+ millions population).

Guess why? Population is "diminishing". Thus, abortions (which still contribute here for far more than 10,000 babies killed every month) also "slightly diminish".

The Three Things that Pope Does Not Know

A common Italian joke: «our Pope knows everything about our Church… but there are three things he doesn't (and won't ever) know: first, what do Jesuits think; second, where do Salesians get money; third, how many female religious orders actually exist».

This joke means that current Jesuits are not the great Jesuits of 50-100 years ago. I know Jesuits and found that some of them are strongly Catholic, others –sadly– live some intellectual confusion.

I know Salesians as well; Salesians of st. John Bosco are indeed “rich”... as long as “rich” means that they can pay their phone bills, repair a damaged window, offer printed copies of their news bulletin, without asking for money during Sunday Masses.

Finally... yes: there are indeed lots of female congregations. Guess why? The number of female vocations is something about three times the male ones.