Just returned from Washington where she exchanged with Donald Trump on customs duties, Giorgia Meloni will welcome JD Vance in Italy this Friday, April 18. This trip by the American vice-president, very recently converted to Catholicism, should understand, according to the media of the peninsula, a stage at the Vatican on the occasion of Good Friday, just before the Easter festivities.
Ally of Elon Musk, Giorgia Meloni said two weeks ago to be “In phase” With criticism of Europe expressed by JD Vance. The American vice-president had notably considered that freedom of expression is down on the old continent.
2 – Audience of Luigi Mangione, accused of having killed the CEO of Unitedhealthcare
The audience of Luigi Mangione will take place this Friday, April 18 at the New York Federal Court on Friday, April 18. The man is accused of having killed, in December 2024, Brian Thompson, the CEO of Unitedhealthcare-first private health insurance in the United States. The United States Minister of Justice requested capital sentence against the 26 -year -old accused. A request disputed by his lawyers.
The student pleads “not guilty” of the accusation of “terrorist” murder. As a reminder, on the sockets used during the shooting, the words “Delay, Deny, Deposite” (delay, dispute, dismiss), in reference to the supposed attitude of insurance companies when they reject requests for reimbursement, had been registered.
3 – Good Friday
While Holy Thursday (today) reminds the faithful the last meal of Jesus, the Last Supper, Good Friday, will take place tomorrow. After being betrayed by his disciple Judas, Christ is arrested and is condemned to be sunk on a cross. Jesus then climbed the Golgotha hill, falls several times in exhaustion, loaded with his cross, before being crucified and dying.
A ordeal that is remembered on Good Friday, where the faithful are called to the young. Jesus is buried in a white cloth and put in the tomb before resuscitating the “third day”, according to Christian tradition: Easter Sunday.
4 – 70 years of the death of Albert Einstein
This Friday, April 18, 2025, marks the 70th anniversary of Albert Einstein. The famous physicist had won the Nobel Prize in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Known for its scientific activities and its theories of restricted relativity (1905) and general relativity (1915), Albert Einstein also defended social justice.
He positioned himself against the Nazi regime which he fled to settle in the United States in the early 1930s. Non-practicing Jew, he refused to chair Israel in 1952. He died in 1955 at the age of 76 following a break in aneurysm.
5 – The good news of the day
The holy tunic of Christ, clothing that Jesus wore during the passion, will be exhibited tomorrow, Good Friday, until May 11th in the Saint Denys Basilica of Argenteuil (Val-d’Oise).
This garment, which is a “relic of the Cross Stations”, is an object of meditation on the sufferings of Christ and a treasure of French religious heritage. Usually kept safe in a reliquary, it will therefore be visible by all tomorrow.
