The following letter to the editor was published in Corriere della Sera on March 24, 2016.

"Dear Editor,

Once again lacerating pain knocks on our door, creating a total upheaval. In Spain, tragedy struck through the fragility of a bus driver who fell asleep at the wheel. In Belgium, the void once again showed its violent and merciless face, its 'blind violence,' in the words of Pope Francis."

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