ITALY
(See also Fascism; Mussolini, Benito; Roman Catholic Church; Vatican)
abortion: g84 7/8 12; g82 3/8 17; g80 5/22 11; g70 4/22 30
alcoholism: g67 9/22 30
anticlericalism: w55 355-356; g47 5/8 3-9
Appian Way: g81 8/22 20-22
Arch of Titus: ce 223; w75 139-140; w74 80; ad 1025-1026, 1617; bf 451; mg63 77; g63 5/22 13
art thefts: g71 6/22 31
automobile accidents: g80 12/22 30; g76 2/8 31; w63 324; g63 3/8 31
children crossing streets and riding bicycles: g78 1/8 29
highway deaths based on distance traveled: g79 10/8 30
automobile thefts: g71 11/8 29
Banco Ambrosiano case involving the Vatican: g84 6/22 29
baptism brawl: g69 3/22 29
belief in God: g78 5/8 30
birth control: g71 5/8 29
blood donors:
Mafia monopoly on, in Naples: g80 9/22 29
blood transfusions:
dangers: g82 4/22 30
major cause of viral hepatitis: g85 12/8 30
surgery without, commented on by medical journal Tempo Medico: g83 3/22 16
used in Italian hospitals: w83 11/1 23
bread thrown into the rubbish can: g81 8/22 31
breast-cancer therapy: g76 4/22 29
Catholic Church: yb82 116-117; g80 9/22 9-11; g79 6/8 3-7; g76 2/22 8-11; w74 424; w74 456; g74 9/22 13-15; g74 11/22 31; g72 4/22 30; g72 7/8 31; g70 4/22 10, 12, 15; g68 4/22 12-13, 19, 22, 24; g68 12/8 29-30; g67 2/8 9; g66 2/8 3; g65 8/22 13-16; g65 11/22 9; w64 295; g64 8/22 30; g59 1/22 27-28; g59 11/22 24; w55 355-356, 389; g54 5/22 19; g53 2/8 5-8; g52 9/22 5-7; g50 2/22 5-7; g46 6/5 14; ta 321-322; rw 56; g43 12/22 22-23; g42 12/23 6; w41 308; g40 8/7 13; g36 9/9 776
attitude toward Fascism: w82 4/15 30
children’s view of churches: g75 8/22 29-30
closing churches: g82 12/8 25-27
decline: g84 5/8 29; w76 626
decrease in churchgoers: g82 12/8 26
decrease in number of priests: g82 12/8 26-27; g80 2/22 18; g79 8/22 30; w62 153; g61 5/22 29
decrease in number of seminaries: g82 12/8 26; g79 8/22 30
discredits Bible: w77 441
efforts to have abortion law repealed: g81 8/22 30
Holy Year (1933): w75 397
Holy Year (1950): w75 398-399
Holy Year (1975): w75 390, 397, 399-400; g75 2/22 29
new concordat with government: g85 8/22 29-30; g84 5/8 29; w75 364
pistol-packing priest: g80 10/8 30
pope’s visit to Sicily: g83 3/8 29
priests on strike: g78 4/8 31
shortage of church helpers: g81 9/22 31
shortage of priests and funds: g79 8/8 30-31
state funding: g84 12/8 29
chemical plant accident: g80 11/22 9, 15
children:
child abuse: g84 11/22 30
orphans: g71 6/8 30-31
poison danger from old pills: g79 1/8 30
Club of Rome:
president’s comment on world’s need for a messiah: w80 10/1 18
communism: w76 396; w76 626; g76 2/22 11; g76 3/22 31; g76 4/8 29; g75 8/8 29; g66 2/8 3; g64 8/22 7; bf 494; g63 6/22 30; g60 10/8 21; g59 10/22 7-8; w55 355-356; g55 8/22 13-16; g55 11/22 4; w54 28-30; w53 466, 707; w52 54; g52 1/8 4; g49 11/8 4; g47 5/8 7-8
concordat with Vatican (Lateran Treaty): g76 5/22 29; w75 364; w60 58; g60 10/8 11; jp 125; yw 275; w55 367; g55 5/22 20; rm 277; g51 1/8 9; g51 8/8 9-10; w48 286; g47 4/22 29; g47 5/8 9; na46 44; g46 3/13 6-7; rw 56; g43 11/10 12; w41 294
concordat with Vatican, 1985: g85 8/22 29-30; g84 5/8 29; w75 364
conscientious objection: g64 2/8 30
crime: g79 10/22 9; g75 11/22 4
fear of: g83 3/22 30
debt: g77 4/8 6
deportment of orchestras: g76 1/22 30
description: g55 1/8 27-28; g50 2/22 3-8; g37 10/6 29
disasters: g69 1/8 29; g67 2/8 24-26; g66 12/22 29; g60 12/22 13; g51 5/22 26-27
earthquakes: yb82 248-249, 251-253; w81 3/15 11; g81 3/8 29; km 3/81 4; g80 2/8 23; yb77 19; g76 8/22 8-11; km 7/76 4; g70 5/8 30; g68 2/22 29; g62 10/22 29
landslide: g63 11/22 29
discussion (Bible times): ad 856-857
divine name: na 6, 9, 11, 14, 24
divorce: w75 364; w74 424; g74 5/8 30; g74 9/22 13-15; g70 1/8 30
drug abuse: g80 4/22 5
in schools: g81 8/22 29
early Christians: yb82 115-116
entertainment: g75 3/22 29
epidemic of baby deaths: g79 6/22 29
Ethiopian war: g50 3/8 5; g38 10/5 23; g37 1/13 246; g37 8/25 749; g37 10/6 31; g36 9/9 773-780; g35 9/25 814-816
evil eye: g67 5/8 5-7
fare cheating on Rome’s transit system: g81 3/8 30
Fascism: fm 219; w64 748; g46 3/13 5-9; g40 9/18 29; g35 10/9 18-23; g35 11/20 110-112
Florence: g82 1/8 19-20
Galileo:
Vatican considering reinstatement of: w81 2/1 29
government: g70 8/22 29
first secular Government in history of the republic (quote): g81 10/8 29
installment buying: g62 8/8 31
intended division of Europe among Axis powers:
Count Ciano: g78 11/22 29
Jehovah’s Witnesses: yb86 25-26; yb85 34-35; w78 6/1 20; w77 25; w76 291-295; w75 40; yb75 17; g75 4/8 29; w74 80; w73 634; w73 663-666; yb73 17; yb72 44; w71 17; yb71 21-22, 174-176; yb70 62-64, 187-189; w69 358, 605-606; yb69 162-164; yb68 164-165; g68 9/22 21-23; yb67 182-184; yb66 164-166; yb65 143-145; g65 5/22 29-30; w64 13; yb64 15, 51, 181-182; yb63 168-171; mg63 2, 74-77, 187-188; g63 9/8 29; w62 318; yb62 51-52, 168-170; yb61 166-168; g61 5/22 15-16
accident victim entrusts money to Witness: w85 2/1 25
Alfarano, Ennio: yb82 224
Banchetti, Professor Giuseppe: yb82 128-129, 188-189
ban on work: yb82 164-166, 256
Benanti, Carmelo: yb82 195-196
Benanti, Constance: yb82 195-196
blood issue: yb82 244-246
branch office: yb82 179-181, 191-192, 231, 235, 240-241, 253-254
Brun, Adele Protti: yb82 130-132, 134-135, 154-157
Catholics accept truth: g79 6/8 8-10
Cimorosi, Domenico: yb82 140-141, 181-182, 189-190
Cimorosi, Santina: yb82 169-170
circuit assemblies: yb82 189-190, 193, 202-204, 207-208
circuit work: yb82 184-189
clergy opposition: yb82 132-133, 139-140, 150-151, 163-164, 172, 194-195, 198-216, 218-220, 228
clothing sent to Witnesses: w46 46
colporteur work: yb82 130-136, 144-145
comments on: w85 4/1 28; g80 8/8 22
congregations: yb82 237, 248, 256
conventions: yb82 133-134, 137, 182-184, 204-207, 209, 212-216, 218-220, 227-231, 233, 236, 246-247; w80 12/1 12; w79 1/1 13; yb79 19-20; g79 6/8 10; w78 12/1 10; g78 11/22 29; w64 765; w63 634-635; w61 601; jp 128; w56 123-125; w52 217-222; w51 247; w47 272
court cases: yb82 208, 210-212, 216-218; g82 10/22 24-27; g57 12/22 21-23; g56 11/8 13-15; g54 5/22 19; w52 451-452
Cuminetti, Albina Protti: yb82 134-135, 159-160, 172-173
Cuminetti, Remigio: yb82 118, 120-128, 130, 134, 136-138, 142, 147, 156
D’Angelo, Guerino: yb82 168
D’Angelo, Luigi: yb82 149
delivering literature to the congregations: yb82 254-255
Dell’Elice, Romolo: yb82 211-212
Di Censo, Mariantonia: yb82 172
Di Marco, Caterina: yb82 140-141
distribution of booklet The Kingdom, the Hope of the World: yb82 152, 154-155
earthquake experiences: yb82 248-249, 251-253
expansion of branch facilities: w83 12/15 10-13; yb82 235, 253-254; w81 10/1 15, 17
experience of formerly violent political agent: g79 9/8 15
experiences with the Live Forever book: yb85 34-35
family life: g84 7/8 3-6
Farneti, Valter: yb82 231
Fornerone, Aldo: yb82 174-176, 183
Fossati, Agostino: yb82 176-178
Fredianelli, George: yb82 180, 184-185, 187-189, 205-206; w73 663-666
Gatti, Piero: yb82 185
Giorgini, Domenico: yb82 171-172
growth: yb86 25; w85 3/1 20; w82 1/1 25; yb82 236-237, 247-248, 256; g80 8/8 22; w78 12/1 10; g78 11/22 29; w76 295
Harbeck, Martin: yb82 151-152, 155-157
holdup men return things to Witness: w80 6/1 32
Kingdom Halls: yb82 196-198, 242
Lantaret, Clara Cerulli: yb82 118, 120-121, 128
legal recognition: yb82 239, 242
life story of a former priest: w84 4/1 21-25
Lugli, Fanny: yb82 117-119, 121
Martinelli, Marcello: yb82 129-131, 136, 157
mayor accepts truth: g75 11/8 21-23
Memorial: yb86 25; w83 12/15 13; yb82 249; km 7/78 4; w76 295; w71 279
missionaries: yb82 180-181, 192-196; w71 278-279; w51 247
modern history: yb82 113-256
neutrality: w85 4/1 28; yb82 120-128, 147, 150, 174-175, 222, 224-227; g80 11/8 29
New World Translation (Italian edition): yb82 231-233
now it seems that science is saying [the Witnesses] are right [regarding blood transfusion] (quote): w83 11/1 23
Oneda, Giuseppe and Consiglia: g84 7/8 6-11; yb83 17-18; g82 10/22 24-27
Paschetto, Giosuè Vittorio: yb82 118, 129
persecution: g84 7/8 6-11; g84 12/8 14; yb83 17-18; yb82 120-128, 132-133, 137-152, 155-173, 192-196, 198-208, 210-212, 214-216, 218-220, 222, 224-227; g82 10/22 24-27; g80 11/8 29; jp 128, 141; w57 534; g57 12/22 21-23; w52 451-452; na46 52; g46 3/13 7-8; g46 7/3 23-24; g37 6/16 587-588; g37 10/6 29
pioneers: yb82 247-248
Pizzato, Maria: yb82 151-153, 155-158, 163, 166, 169, 177-179
Pizzoferrato, Vincenzo: yb82 138-140
priest uses Truth book for catechism lesson: g82 1/22 11
printing department: yb82 237-238, 253-254
Protti, Ignazio: yb82 130-133, 135, 144
relief to quake victims: km 7/76 4
Riet, Narciso: yb82 176-178
Rioggi, Dante: yb82 170-171
Rivoire, Professor Daniele: yb82 117-118
Romano, Joseph: yb82 180-181, 231
Sbalchiero, Girolamo: yb82 142-144
school experience: yb82 17
service experiences: yb86 26; w85 12/15 32; yb82 130-133, 140-142, 195-196; km 5/79 7; w75 285; w72 510-511; w55 63, 362-363, 548, 591; g55 1/8 27-28; w54 140; w51 247; w50 64, 144; w47 128
Sideris, Anthony: yb82 205-206, 231
Society’s office in Milan: yb82 151-152, 154-156, 163-164
Society’s office in Pinerolo: yb82 128
special pioneers: yb82 247-248
Stefanon, Narciso: yb82 145-146
street witnessing: yb82 238-239
Theocratic Ministry School: yb82 190-191
Timoncini, Giuseppe: yb82 224-225
Tosetti, Gino: yb82 225-226
translation of Society’s publications: yb82 118, 128-129
Tubini, Giuseppe: yb82 185, 218
use of radio and television: yb82 243
Vannozzi, Umberto: yb82 180, 184-187
Waldenses study Bible with: w82 9/15 3
Wengert, William: yb82 196-197, 202
Zortea, Francesco: yb82 146-148
judges:
three-volume rule book for: g83 7/22 30
juvenile delinquency: g60 1/22 16; g59 12/22 14; g58 10/8 4, 24
kidnapping: w78 12/1 31; g75 5/22 6-7
recycling ransom money: g78 4/22 29
land reforms: g64 5/8 29
League of Nations: w60 58; yw 275; g40 10/2 31; g38 10/19 9
loan from International Monetary Fund: g76 6/22 30
Mafia:
archbishop of Palermo, Sicily, condemns Mafia: g83 9/8 30
church used as clandestine financial center for: g78 4/22 29
monopoly on blood donations in Naples: g80 9/22 29
map: yb82 114
marriage: g66 3/22 29; g62 9/8 30-31
money: g61 5/22 16
murder:
crimes of passion: g81 12/8 30
Naples: g50 3/22 13-16
Nazi prisoner Walter Rader: g80 11/8 29
obelisks: g82 1/8 16-18
Pisa:
Leaning Tower of: g83 6/8 30; g79 8/8 16-20; g78 3/8 29; g76 3/22 30; g76 7/8 29; g75 5/22 29
politics: w75 364; g75 8/8 29; g75 11/8 21-23; g66 10/22 30; g63 6/22 30
pollution: g70 4/8 31; g70 5/8 30
cost to repair damage from: g78 10/8 29
Pompeii: g71 2/8 20; g60 3/8 20; g57 5/8 17-20; g50 3/22 14-15
population: yb86 36
postal system: g68 5/22 31
poverty: g65 3/8 30
prisons: g34 6/20 590; g32 10/26 47-48
escape: g76 2/8 30
problems of teenage mothers: g84 6/22 30
prostitution: w71 452; g62 9/22 30; w56 584
religion: g75 2/8 31; g68 9/22 22; g66 12/22 27; w65 474-477; bf 333; g63 5/22 13-14
riots: g70 12/8 29; g69 12/8 29
Rome: g82 1/8 16-19; mg63 77; g55 5/22 17-20; w53 425-426
runaways: g78 5/8 31
“saints”: g76 7/8 29; g75 4/8 30
schools:
Latin no longer taught: g77 8/22 30
sexually transmitted disease: g80 4/22 6; g61 5/22 11
shoplifting: g84 6/22 31
soccer: g80 6/8 29
spiritism: g71 7/8 29-30
strike: g69 5/22 29
superstition:
“Saint” Januarius: g79 6/22 29
Supreme Court of Cassation:
annuls previous verdict in Oneda case: g84 7/8 8-9
taxes: g77 3/22 29
gasoline: g79 9/8 30
telephone system: g61 1/22 29
television: g78 9/22 30; g62 8/22 30
terrorism: g71 6/8 18
tobacco advertising: g64 9/8 10; g62 7/8 29
tunnels: g65 9/8 30; g64 5/8 30; g63 2/8 16-19; g62 10/22 30
connecting with Switzerland: g76 5/22 30
Turin: g61 5/22 15-16
Vatican City: g84 8/8 31; g78 11/8 29; g75 1/8 21-24; g55 5/22 19-20; g52 1/8 5; w47 271
Venice: g82 1/8 20; g79 8/22 29; g75 11/22 29-30; g56 1/22 24-26
vipers: g75 5/22 30; g72 10/22 30
visits by—
Henschel, M. G.: w83 12/15 12-13; yb82 179; w52 217-222; w47 271-272
Knorr, N. H.: yb82 179-180, 182-183, 230, 235; w52 217-222; w47 271-272
Macmillan, A. H.: yb82 133
Russell, C. T.: yb82 117, 119-120
Waldenses: w81 8/1 12-15
beliefs: w82 9/15 3
women:
employment: g79 1/22 19
right to hold public offices: g63 5/22 30
works of art: g82 1/8 16-20
world championship chess matches in Merano: g82 4/22 14
World War II: g72 10/8 7; g47 9/8 6; g46 6/19 29; g45 5/9 10-11; g44 4/26 2; g41 5/14 4-8; g41 10/1 20; g39 10/18 20-24
Italian aspirations: g78 11/22 29