The idea of bringing together in one volume the articles written mainly for the third page of the Gazzetta del Sud, but also for Il Mattino, Rocca, Il Soldo, Centonove, and Il saper fare, was always in my mind, and I would say even more so the more I was perplexed by the language of the academic world...

What did I write about in these third-page articles? What I was concerned with: relations between the state and the Church, ecclesiastical politics, the Roman question, grassroots communities, the revision of the concordat, the Church in Poland, the Church and the political community, non-Catholic denominations and the need for agreements, religious education, relations between the Church and the Mafia, Islam, the presentation of conferences and books, and so on, but also local issues and civil engagement...