Giuliano Faralli’s cell phone rings ceaselessly. “At midnight I am forced to turn it off—I need to sleep at least a few hours,” he explains as he checks the dozens of grocery bags that fill the warehouse. Faralli is the director of a local chapter of Caritas, a charity run by the Catholic Church, in Montepulciano. Each week, the nonprofit distributes these bags to 500 families in Pienza, Chianciano, and other Tuscan towns. In February, his Caritas sent food to around 120 families. But when the COVID-19 lockdown began, Faralli’s…
