Virginia Giuffre, "il primo ministro si eccitava a strangolarmi". Lo scandalo è totale

Virginia Giuffre, "il primo ministro si eccitava a strangolarmi". Lo scandalo è totale

Non c'è solo il Principe Andrea al centro delle compromettenti memorie postume di Virginia Giuffre . In Nobody's Girl , il libro scritto dalla accusatrice dell'ex finanziere e pedofilo Jeffrey Epstein a quattro mani con la giornalista Amy Wallace , vengono svelati i rapporti proibiti con potenti e politici ai massimi livelli. Un libro postumo, visto che è stato pubblicato a sei mesi di distanza dalla morte della Giuffre, che si è tolta la vita lo scorso aprile. "Ero stata costretta ad avere rapporti con decine di uomini e ricordavo nitidamente le loro facce - si legge in un estratto pubblicato da Repubblica -. Erano adulti, persino anziani; goffi e timidi, ma anche rozzi e arroganti. Alcuni volevano che indossassi un certo tipo di abiti, altri mi volevano nuda, altri ancora non notavano nemmeno com'ero vestita, purché li toccassi". La Giuffre, che era finita nella rete sessuale di Epstein ancora minorenne , quando era appena una ragazzina, parla (senza farne il nome) anche di un " noto primo ministro " che "non era interessato alle carezze. Voleva violenza. Mi strangolò ripetutamente fino a farmi perdere i sensi e traeva piacere nel vedermi terrorizzata per la mia incolumità. Rideva in modo terrificante mentre mi colpiva e si eccitava se lo imploravo di fermarsi". La Giuffre non lesina dettagli intimi e raccapriccianti . Ovviamente, i passaggi su Andrea sono quelli destinati a creare ulteriore scalpore nonché imbarazzi alla Corona britannica. Il fratello minore di Re Carlo viene definito " presuntuoso , come se credesse che fare sesso con me fosse un suo diritto di nascita". Epstein è descritto invece come un " maestro manipolatore ". [[ge:kolumbus:liberoquotidiano:42406593]] Giuffre descrive tre occasioni in cui sostiene che il principe abbia avuto rapporti sessuali con lei, tra cui a casa di Ghislaine Maxwell a Londra. "Due da minorenne, una volta in un' orgia con altre 8 ragazze". Citato in giudizio nel 2021, sostenendo di aver avuto rapporti sessuali quando lei aveva 17 anni, il Duca di York ha negato le sue affermazioni e i due hanno raggiunto un accordo nel 2022. Giuffre ha raccontato la sua storia in interviste e cause legali per 16 anni. Il libro, che secondo lei le ha permesso di raccontare la sua storia per intero e di "fornire un contesto laddove era gravemente carente", rivisita le sue accuse riguardanti gli uomini che frequentavano Epstein, ma con cautela. In molti casi, ha omesso i loro nomi, scrivendo di non conoscerli o di temere ritorsioni . Ma ha aggiunto dettagli e descrizioni di come le sue presunte esperienze con Epstein – dopo quella che ha definito un' infanzia traumatica e altri episodi di abusi sessuali – l'abbiano influenzata psicologicamente e l'abbiano resa incapace di reagire. Giuffre cerca anche di spiegare come sia riuscita a razionalizzare la permanenza per quasi due anni in quello che ha definito "il mondo disgustoso di Epstein". Giuffre incontrò Epstein per la prima volta nell'estate del 2000 , poche settimane prima del suo diciassettesimo compleanno, mentre lavorava alla spa del club Mar-a-Lago del presidente Donald Trump a Palm Beach, in Florida. Nel libro, racconta la storia di quando fu assunta dalla compagna di lunga data di Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, per lavorare come " massaggiatrice " per Epstein. Inoltre, ha affermato che Epstein e Maxwell l'hanno convinta a compiere atti sessuali durante i massaggi, poi hanno iniziato a portarla nelle sue lussuose case a New York, nelle Isole Vergini americane e nel Nuovo Messico, dove afferma di aver incontrato - e a volte le è stato chiesto di fare sesso - numerosi amici e conoscenti famosi di Epstein.

St. Ignatius of Antioch: The early Church Father who longed for union with Christ

St. Ignatius of Antioch: The early Church Father who longed for union with Christ

St. Ignatius of Antioch with the child Jesus. / Credit: Lorenzo Lotto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Oct 17, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Oct. 17, the Roman Catholic Church remembers the early Church Father, bishop, and martyr St. Ignatius of Antioch, whose writings attest to the sacramental and hierarchical nature of the Church from its earliest days. Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate his memory on Dec. 20. In a 2007 general audience on St. Ignatius of Antioch, Pope Benedict XVI observed that “no Church Father has expressed the longing for union with Christ and for life in him with the intensity of Ignatius.” In his letters, the pope said, “one feels the freshness of the faith of the generation which had still known the apostles. In these letters, the ardent love of a saint can also be felt.” Born in Syria in the middle of the first century A.D., Ignatius is said to have been personally instructed — along with another future martyr, St. Polycarp — by the apostle John. When Ignatius became the bishop of Antioch around the year 70, he assumed leadership of a local Church that, according to tradition, was first led by St. Peter before his move to Rome. Although St. Peter transmitted his papal primacy to the bishops of Rome rather than Antioch, the city played an important role in the life of the early Church. Located in present-day Turkey, it was a chief city of the Roman Empire and was also the location where the believers in Jesus’ teachings and his resurrection were first called “Christians.” Ignatius led the Christians of Antioch during the reign of the Roman Emperor Domitian, the first emperor to proclaim his divinity by adopting the title “Lord and God.” Subjects who would not give worship to the emperor under this title could be punished with death. As the leader of a major Catholic diocese during this period, Ignatius showed courage and worked to inspire it in others. After Domitian’s murder in the year 96, his successor, Nerva, reigned briefly and was soon followed by the emperor Trajan. Under his rule, Christians were once again liable to death for denying the pagan state religion and refusing to participate in its rites. It was during his reign that Ignatius was convicted for his Christian testimony and sent from Syria to Rome to be put to death. Escorted by a team of military guards, Ignatius nonetheless managed to compose seven letters: six to various local Churches throughout the empire (including the Church of Rome) and one to his fellow bishop Polycarp, who would give his own life for Christ several decades later. Ignatius’ letters passionately stressed the importance of Church unity, the dangers of heresy, and the surpassing importance of the Eucharist as the “medicine of immortality.” These writings contain the first surviving written description of the Church as “Catholic,” from the Greek word indicating both universality and fullness. One of the most striking features of Ignatius’ letters is his enthusiastic embrace of martyrdom as a means to union with God and eternal life. “All the pleasures of the world, and all the kingdoms of this earth, shall profit me nothing,” he wrote to the Church of Rome. “It is better for me to die on behalf of Jesus Christ than to reign over all the ends of the earth.” “Now I begin to be a disciple,” the bishop declared. “Let fire and the cross; let the crowds of wild beasts; let tearings, breakings, and dislocations of bones; let cutting off of members; let shatterings of the whole body; and let all the dreadful torments of the devil come upon me: Only let me attain to Jesus Christ.” St. Ignatius of Antioch bore witness to Christ publicly for the last time in Rome’s Flavian Amphitheater, where he was mauled to death by lions. “I am the wheat of the Lord,” he declared before facing them. “I must be ground by the teeth of these beasts to be made the pure bread of Christ.” His memory was honored, and his bones venerated, soon after his death around the year 107. This story was first published on Oct. 14, 2012, and has been updated.

St. Ignatius of Antioch: The early Church Father who longed for union with Christ

St. Ignatius of Antioch: The early Church Father who longed for union with Christ

St. Ignatius of Antioch with the child Jesus. / Credit: Lorenzo Lotto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Oct 17, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Oct. 17, the Roman Catholic Church remembers the early Church Father, bishop, and martyr St. Ignatius of Antioch, whose writings attest to the sacramental and hierarchical nature of the Church from its earliest days. Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate his memory on Dec. 20. In a 2007 general audience on St. Ignatius of Antioch, Pope Benedict XVI observed that “no Church Father has expressed the longing for union with Christ and for life in him with the intensity of Ignatius.” In his letters, the pope said, “one feels the freshness of the faith of the generation which had still known the apostles. In these letters, the ardent love of a saint can also be felt.” Born in Syria in the middle of the first century A.D., Ignatius is said to have been personally instructed — along with another future martyr, St. Polycarp — by the apostle John. When Ignatius became the bishop of Antioch around the year 70, he assumed leadership of a local Church that, according to tradition, was first led by St. Peter before his move to Rome. Although St. Peter transmitted his papal primacy to the bishops of Rome rather than Antioch, the city played an important role in the life of the early Church. Located in present-day Turkey, it was a chief city of the Roman Empire and was also the location where the believers in Jesus’ teachings and his resurrection were first called “Christians.” Ignatius led the Christians of Antioch during the reign of the Roman Emperor Domitian, the first emperor to proclaim his divinity by adopting the title “Lord and God.” Subjects who would not give worship to the emperor under this title could be punished with death. As the leader of a major Catholic diocese during this period, Ignatius showed courage and worked to inspire it in others. After Domitian’s murder in the year 96, his successor, Nerva, reigned briefly and was soon followed by the emperor Trajan. Under his rule, Christians were once again liable to death for denying the pagan state religion and refusing to participate in its rites. It was during his reign that Ignatius was convicted for his Christian testimony and sent from Syria to Rome to be put to death. Escorted by a team of military guards, Ignatius nonetheless managed to compose seven letters: six to various local Churches throughout the empire (including the Church of Rome) and one to his fellow bishop Polycarp, who would give his own life for Christ several decades later. Ignatius’ letters passionately stressed the importance of Church unity, the dangers of heresy, and the surpassing importance of the Eucharist as the “medicine of immortality.” These writings contain the first surviving written description of the Church as “Catholic,” from the Greek word indicating both universality and fullness. One of the most striking features of Ignatius’ letters is his enthusiastic embrace of martyrdom as a means to union with God and eternal life. “All the pleasures of the world, and all the kingdoms of this earth, shall profit me nothing,” he wrote to the Church of Rome. “It is better for me to die on behalf of Jesus Christ than to reign over all the ends of the earth.” “Now I begin to be a disciple,” the bishop declared. “Let fire and the cross; let the crowds of wild beasts; let tearings, breakings, and dislocations of bones; let cutting off of members; let shatterings of the whole body; and let all the dreadful torments of the devil come upon me: Only let me attain to Jesus Christ.” St. Ignatius of Antioch bore witness to Christ publicly for the last time in Rome’s Flavian Amphitheater, where he was mauled to death by lions. “I am the wheat of the Lord,” he declared before facing them. “I must be ground by the teeth of these beasts to be made the pure bread of Christ.” His memory was honored, and his bones venerated, soon after his death around the year 107. This story was first published on Oct. 14, 2012, and has been updated.

St. Ignatius of Antioch: The early Church Father who longed for union with Christ

St. Ignatius of Antioch: The early Church Father who longed for union with Christ

St. Ignatius of Antioch with the child Jesus. / Credit: Lorenzo Lotto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Oct 17, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Oct. 17, the Roman Catholic Church remembers the early Church Father, bishop, and martyr St. Ignatius of Antioch, whose writings attest to the sacramental and hierarchical nature of the Church from its earliest days. Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate his memory on Dec. 20. In a 2007 general audience on St. Ignatius of Antioch, Pope Benedict XVI observed that “no Church Father has expressed the longing for union with Christ and for life in him with the intensity of Ignatius.” In his letters, the pope said, “one feels the freshness of the faith of the generation which had still known the apostles. In these letters, the ardent love of a saint can also be felt.” Born in Syria in the middle of the first century A.D., Ignatius is said to have been personally instructed — along with another future martyr, St. Polycarp — by the apostle John. When Ignatius became the bishop of Antioch around the year 70, he assumed leadership of a local Church that, according to tradition, was first led by St. Peter before his move to Rome. Although St. Peter transmitted his papal primacy to the bishops of Rome rather than Antioch, the city played an important role in the life of the early Church. Located in present-day Turkey, it was a chief city of the Roman Empire and was also the location where the believers in Jesus’ teachings and his resurrection were first called “Christians.” Ignatius led the Christians of Antioch during the reign of the Roman Emperor Domitian, the first emperor to proclaim his divinity by adopting the title “Lord and God.” Subjects who would not give worship to the emperor under this title could be punished with death. As the leader of a major Catholic diocese during this period, Ignatius showed courage and worked to inspire it in others. After Domitian’s murder in the year 96, his successor, Nerva, reigned briefly and was soon followed by the emperor Trajan. Under his rule, Christians were once again liable to death for denying the pagan state religion and refusing to participate in its rites. It was during his reign that Ignatius was convicted for his Christian testimony and sent from Syria to Rome to be put to death. Escorted by a team of military guards, Ignatius nonetheless managed to compose seven letters: six to various local Churches throughout the empire (including the Church of Rome) and one to his fellow bishop Polycarp, who would give his own life for Christ several decades later. Ignatius’ letters passionately stressed the importance of Church unity, the dangers of heresy, and the surpassing importance of the Eucharist as the “medicine of immortality.” These writings contain the first surviving written description of the Church as “Catholic,” from the Greek word indicating both universality and fullness. One of the most striking features of Ignatius’ letters is his enthusiastic embrace of martyrdom as a means to union with God and eternal life. “All the pleasures of the world, and all the kingdoms of this earth, shall profit me nothing,” he wrote to the Church of Rome. “It is better for me to die on behalf of Jesus Christ than to reign over all the ends of the earth.” “Now I begin to be a disciple,” the bishop declared. “Let fire and the cross; let the crowds of wild beasts; let tearings, breakings, and dislocations of bones; let cutting off of members; let shatterings of the whole body; and let all the dreadful torments of the devil come upon me: Only let me attain to Jesus Christ.” St. Ignatius of Antioch bore witness to Christ publicly for the last time in Rome’s Flavian Amphitheater, where he was mauled to death by lions. “I am the wheat of the Lord,” he declared before facing them. “I must be ground by the teeth of these beasts to be made the pure bread of Christ.” His memory was honored, and his bones venerated, soon after his death around the year 107. This story was first published on Oct. 14, 2012, and has been updated.

Il dibattito sul contrasto alla violenza di genere in diretta dal Festival Internazionale Per la Parità di Genere

Il dibattito sul contrasto alla violenza di genere in diretta dal Festival Internazionale Per la Parità di Genere

Alle 14.30 di venerdì 17 ottobre, al Festival Internazionale Per la Parità di Genere si parlerà di contrasto alla violenza di genere. Al tavolo dei relatori Angela Di Berardino e Giulia Mariani, autrici del podcast “A nudo” che racconta il massacro del Circeo, insieme a Paola Pasinato (consigliera direttivo Liberamente Donna), Sara Pasquino (presidente di […] L'articolo Il dibattito sul contrasto alla violenza di genere in diretta dal Festival Internazionale Per la Parità di Genere proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano .

Ristorazione, Boroni (TradeLab): "Italiani consumano il 20% dei pranzi fuori casa"

Ristorazione, Boroni (TradeLab): "Italiani consumano il 20% dei pranzi fuori casa"

Milano, 16 ott.- (Adnkronos) - "Da 25 anni lavoro all'interno del mercato dei consumi fuori casa e la ristorazione commerciale in catena fa parte di questo grande mondo. Il mercato dei consumi fuori casa in Italia vale oltre 100 miliardi e la ristorazione in catena stimiamo valga circa 10,6 miliardi, pari quindi al 10%. Un dato che, se preso da solo potrebbe sembrare non particolarmente rilevante, soprattutto se confrontato a livello internazionale, dove il peso delle catene arriva al 33%, ma se lo guardiamo sotto l'aspetto delle occasioni di consumo, scopriamo che di 100 pranzi gli italiani ne fanno 20 fuori casa”. È il commento di Bruna Boroni, director Industry away from home di TradeLab, all'edizione 2025 dell'Aigrim Day – Forum della ristorazione in catena, l'appuntamento annuale che fa il punto sull'evoluzione del mercato della ristorazione organizzata e sulle principali sfide del futuro. L'evento di Milano ha visto la partecipazione di importanti player del mercato, aziende della filiera, rappresentanti del mondo associativo e istituzioni. “Il mercato del pranzo è molto rilevante, vale circa 33 miliardi di euro. Analisi simile la potremmo fare dal punto di vista delle generazioni - prosegue Boroni - Sappiamo ad esempio che i giovani che mangiano fuori casa, il 20% delle volte scelgono le catene di ristorazione. Ma le catene non devono trascurare una generazione che in futuro sarà sempre più rilevante, quella dei baby boomers, che nel fuori casa scelgono le catene solo nel 6% delle visite, una percentuale che si alza al 15% se guardiamo alla specifica occasione del pranzo”. A livello geografico, essendo quello italiano un mercato molto frammentato tra bar, ristoranti e take away “TradeLab censisce circa 12.500 punti vendita di catene su un totale di oltre 330 mila punti di consumo - aggiunge - pari al 4% a livello nazionale. La percentuale sale al 6% al Nord e scende al 2% al Sud, con picchi nelle grandi città ricche, come Milano, dove si arriva oltre il 30%, il che significa che su dieci punti di consumo presenti a Milano oltre tre sono catene”.“Se la ristorazione a livello complessivo cresce ad un tasso intorno al 3%, il mondo delle catene sta crescendo al 13-14%. L'unico rallentamento l'abbiamo avuto per il contesto generale macroeconomico dell'ultimo anno, in cui il dato è sceso a un 3%” conclude.