MY ITALIAN SECRET tells a heroic story that was all but lost to history, until now. The film recounts how WWII bicycling idol Gino Bartali, physician Giovanni Borromeo and other Italians worked with Jewish leaders and high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church, risking their lives by defying the Nazis to save thousands of Italy's Jews.
★★★☆☆With his iron thighs, conscience of steel and impeccable environmental credentials, Gino Bartali seems like a perfect hero for our age: a Tour de France-wi
Sabrina Arena Ferrisi has been working in the field of Catholic journalism for 17 years. Beginning in the year 2000, she worked as a journalist covering the Holy See in Rome for various American Catholic newspapers, including Our Sunday Visitor, the National Catholic Register and the Catholic World Report. She covered the last four years of Pope John Paul II's papacy. Beginning in 2000, she also had her own radio show in Italian for Radio Maria commenting on Vatican news for three years. She was the senior staff writer for Legatus Magazine for 14 years and writes freelance for the National Catholic Register and Aleteia. She lives in New York with her husband and five children.
The upcoming weeks bring holidays and commemorations that take us from despair to celebration. Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) is on April 18, Yom HaZikaron (Israel’s Memorial Day) is on April 25, and Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) is on April 26. We’re pleased to offer several new books dealing with the Holocaust and Israel.
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