Leo Steinberg, an art critic and a leading expert in the world of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, known for his studies of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Francesco Borromini, passed away in New York at the age of 90 anni.Di Jewish origin, born in 1920, born in Moscow and raised in Germany, in Berlin, having studied at the University of London Slade School of Fine Art, in '45 he moved to New York, where he later obtained U.S. citizenship. Read full article 
Don Giovanni Maria Colombo died last night at the age of 91 anni.Originario of Caslano municipality in the canton Ticino, ordained in '43, he always did his best in initiatives for children disabilities. His creation since the early seventies such initiatives as the foundation called "What about us?" workshop for the mentally disabled in Piotta, the Foundation of King Lady to Bellinzona and interned at another facility with Claro, for guests with physical and mental disabilities, unfortunately often without parents or relatives that they can look after. Read full article 
Alberto Ruffo, prefect and adviser to presidents of Internal Affairs of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, has died suddenly Sunday at his residence in Milan because of a heart attack. He was seventy years old. In recent times, was divided between Lombardy, where he had his family, and Rome, as a servant of the state, in his capacity as adviser to the President Napolitano's internal affairs, and even before President Ciampi. Read full article 
