Tracts in Italian

Never before has an illness brought the whole world to its knees as in the northern spring of 2020, when the coronavirus brought public life to a standstill.

The shutdown was ordered, events were cancelled, universities, schools and day-care centres were closed. Football games took place in front of empty ranks. Worship services were forbidden—something unheard of even in wartime.

We search for an explanation for this pandemic. Who will give it to us?