Inspired in part by French demonstrations, protests in Italy by students in the north and truckers in the south could affect national elections next year.
Fed up with the political establishment and rising cost of living, demonstrators hoped to make their message heard after violence overshadowed protests last weekend.
Young people protested the rising cost of living in Milan on Saturday, a week after similar demonstrations in cities across northern Italy ended in violent clashes and looting.
Protests by young people in northern cities ended in riots as farmers and truckers in the south, angered by high gas prices, stopped commercial traffic.
“This experience has made me feel a special closeness to all those who are battling illness and infirmity,” he said, in his first public appearance since his lung surgery.
Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday. The service was held by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle in Pope Leo’s absence, and included special prayers for the pontiff’s health.
Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday. The service was held by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle in Pope Leo’s absence, and included special prayers for the pontiff’s health.
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