The newspaper was planned in 1972 by the journalist Indro Montanelli, together with the colleagues Enzo Bettiza, Ferenc Fejtő, Raymond Aron and others, after some disagreements with the new pro-left editorial line adopted by the newspaper Corriere della Sera, where Montanelli had been one of the most important contributors.
The scandal, however, re-erupted in January 2002 when the Italian journalist Andrea Tornielli published in the Italian newspaper Il Giornale a confidential letter dated December 4, 2001 which Schulenburg (among others) had sent to Cardinal Sodano, the then Secretary of State at the Vatican, reprising reservations over the historicity of Juan Diego.
The group regularly issues many books in collaboration with Libero and Il Giornale, two leading centre-right newspapers, edited by Maurizio Belpietro and Vittorio Feltri respectively.
1994 Indro Montanelli, founder of La Voce and Il Giornale, journalist for Il Corriere della Sera and other newspapers, war correspondent during the 1930s and the 1940s
In 1994 he moved on to il Giornale with the journalist Vittorio Feltri and returned few years later after a period as editor of the newspaper Il Tempo in 1996.