archaeology, italy, mount vesuvius, pompeii, unesco world heritage site

Purple: Travel Our Enchanting Planet by Uplifting Color

Purple is the most powerful visible wavelength of electromagnetic energy. It is a color often associated with royalty, spirituality, luxury, and creativity. Wagner must have recognized purple inspires creativity, as he composed his greatest works in a room with purple draperies. Purple is known to create a balance of awareness and peace. When I think ...

Jessica Kneipp

A lilac breasted roller.

Coffee: The Essence of a Happy Life

The American writer Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) once said: “Coffee is a lot more than just a drink; it’s something happening. Not as in hip, but like an event, a place to be, but not like a location, but like somewhere within yourself. It gives you time, but not actual hours or minutes, but a chance ...

Laura Cozzolino

A cup of coffee on a plate.

Luca Gentile: The Boy Who Wanted To Fly

Some children have a clear idea about who they want to be in life. Luca Gentile, born and raised in Rome, Italy, was one of them — and he wanted to fly. From a very early age, Luca knew he was going to be a pilot and travel the world. He recalls that when he ...

Laura Cozzolino

Luca Gentile in a plane cockpit.

Matteo Petricone: The Movies and the Magic of Visual Effects

In 1895, the Lumières brothers invented moving pictures and at that moment, the world changed forever and so did people’s lives. The magic era of visual effects arrived. Since then, many generations laughed, cried, felt inspired, and dreamed through the many stories the silver screen has been offering over the years. With that, the career ...

Laura Cozzolino

A movie prop made by Matteo Petricone.

Belt and Road Initiative Paving the Path for CCP Virus

China promised the world that its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) would bring economic growth to the countries participating in it. However, years after the infrastructure projects have begun, many of these countries now find themselves reeling under the COVID-19 outbreak, with Italy and Iran being the worst affected of all. Italy’s woes stemming from China’s ...

Max Lu

Belt and Road Initiative banners.

Taiwanese People Promptly Return Italian Priest’s Request for Help

When Italy was severely hit by the CPP coronavirus (COVID-19), an 80-year-old priest, Father Giuseppe Didone ( 呂若瑟 ), who has been serving Taiwan for more than half a century, tearfully stated the severe nature of the pandemic in his hometown and looked forward to receiving Taiwan’s assistance. As soon as the news was released ...

Max Lu

Father Giuseppe Didone.

Distraught Italian Doctor Cries Out SOS to God!

Recently, a prayer by Julian Urban, a 38-year-old doctor from Lombardy, Italy, went viral on the internet: LIGHT IN A DOCTOR’S DARKEST NIGHTMARE. He began: “Never in my darkest nightmares did I imagine that I would see and experience what has been going on in Italy in our hospital this past three weeks.” Feeling helpless ...

Michael Segarty

A quaratined patient in a hospital.

Italy Under Lockdown as Authorities Struggle to Contain Coronavirus

The Italian government has put the entire country on lockdown as the CCP coronavirus epidemic broke out locally in the northern Lombardy region and rapidly spread throughout Italy and the rest of Europe. Shops have been closed and people’s movements are being restricted. Currently, nearly 64,000 people in Italy have been confirmed to have the CCP coronavirus. ...

Jack Roberts

Rome, Italy.