Column from Italy: Migrants risk their lives at sea because staying home is worse

The Lord has called us as a family to be part of a church planting project in a new neighbourhood of Rome.

Expecting my second child while 29 years old. As a young woman, living in the centre of Rome, I am an exception. Many people compliment me, others are interested in why I made this choice, but many consider it irrational.

They might consider me a bigot and closed-minded person. When I open a blank document to start writing about a topic from a Christian perspective, I almost hear the voices and criticisms of all my former university friends. I think of those who might be offended by what I am writing.