AVVENIRE (L') D'ITALIA

L'AVVENIRE D'ITALIA. - A Catholic daily newspaper from Bologna, founded on 1 November 1896 at the initiative of Cardinals Mauri and Svampa by Giovanni Grosoli, president of the Opera dei Congressi e Comitati Cattolici, and Giovanni Acquaderini, founder of the Italian Catholic Youth, under the title *L'Avvenire* and the direction of Filippo Crispolti. From 1902 it adopted its current title and was led by Cesare Algranati (known by the pseudonym Rocca d'Adria), who made it the most lively and combative of Italian Catholic publications. In 1915, Paolo Cappa (later deputy and senator) was appointed director, bringing the newspaper widespread renown both during the 1915–18 war and during the time of the Italian People's Party. In 1923, the newspaper passed to the National Center under the direction of Enrico Bologna, but it declined and did not regain its former vigor until 1927, when it was acquired by the Compagnia di S. Paolo. Since then, its director has been Raimondo Manzini, who later became a deputy in the Constituent Assembly and in Parliament. The newspaper's circulation area, as agreed upon under the aegis of Catholic Action, covers Emilia, Veneto, and Tuscany; it is connected with its fellow publications in the S.I.R. (Servizio Informazioni Romano), from which it receives Roman and Vatican news. Particularly noteworthy, especially thanks to Raimondo Manzini and Mario Luzzi, was its "third page" in the immediate postwar period, which became a meeting point for young Italian Catholic writers and gave rise to the Catholic Writers' Conventions, *Il Frontespizio*, and *Il Ruggiero*.