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EDITORIAL
La Sicilia, a Community That Believes
Christmas greetings from our publisher Salvatore Palella: «A newspaper is a link»
Dear readers of La Sicilia,
a newspaper is never just a collection of pages. It is a bond. It is a daily relationship built on trust, attention, and belonging. At Christmas, this bond is felt even more deeply, and that is why I feel the need to speak to you without formality, from the heart.
My first thank you goes to those who make La Sicilia every single day. To the journalists, of course, but also to the printing staff, to those who work through the night to put the paper to press, to the social media team, to La Sicilia ADV, to the technicians, editors, and all collaborators. As a category, as a team, as a true community. The important steps we have taken are the result of collective work, made of professionalism, sacrifice, and love for this profession and for this land.
Thank you to Sicily. To Sicilians. And to Sicilians around the world who continue to choose us every day. You read us in print — now also in Rome and Milan — and you follow us online, where we are recording unexpected numbers so early on. Your support is a powerful sign of trust.
Your warmth moves me deeply. The thousands of messages I receive on social media — suggestions, criticism, encouragement, or simple words of thanks — make me profoundly proud of the mission we have undertaken: to unite voices, stories, and identities under a name that is not just a newspaper, but a shared home.
Christmas reminds us of who we are. Sicily is a deeply Christian land, shaped by a faith that is simple, concrete, and lived. We see it in the nativity scenes returning to our town squares, in lights that are not just decorations but signs of hope. This is a tradition we must not lose. Attending Mass, supporting local parishes, helping those most in need means keeping alive the most authentic soul of our community.
Under the best name we could have chosen.
La Sicilia.
Merry Christmas to all of us.