150 Years of Corriere: Don Dante Carraro for Africa Says 'Thank You for Also Reporting Good News'
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Don Dante Carraro, representing Medici con l'Africa Cuamm, has praised the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera for its commitment to reporting on positive news and acts of solidarity, particularly from Africa. He noted that while global news is often dominated by conflict and suffering, with 2025 marking a grim record for wars since 1946, there are still countless individuals dedicated to healing and helping.
Even the small ones can change the world.
Carraro emphasized that the greatest courage lies in giving a voice to the oppressed and those who care for them. He challenged the notion that "good deeds don't make news," arguing that it is more difficult but essential to tell the stories of everyday people striving for the common good, rather than focusing solely on destruction and death.
They say that "good" doesn't make news, but it is a great challenge. A challenge that Corriere della Sera has accepted.
He pointed to the newspaper's "Buone notizie" (Good News) section and the work of its journalists for courageously uncovering and reporting on this often-hidden world. Carraro lamented that Africa is frequently overlooked by major media, often only appearing in reports about Mediterranean migrant deaths or exploitation within Italy.
We must know how to read within global disintegration the underground veins of those who do not surrender to all this.
Drawing inspiration from Pope Leo, who stated that "the world is destroyed by a handful of tyrants and is held up by a myriad of supportive brothers and sisters," Carraro finds strength in the vital and powerful force of hope he encounters daily in Africa. He shared examples of such courage, including a father who stayed up all night to manually ventilate his son suffering from severe malaria, and two young South Sudanese individuals who became midwives to serve their country, where only one midwife is available for every 10,000 births.
There is no greater courage than that of those who tell and give voice to the oppressed of history and to those who care for them.
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Originally published by Corriere della Sera in Italian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.
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