Source: The Guardian BY Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo Pope Francis has appointed one of Italy’s leading anti-mafia prosecutors as president of the Vatican court, days after five senior officials were suspended in an […]
Source: The Guardian Italy’s constitutional court has ruled it was not always a crime to help someone in “intolerable suffering” kill themselves, opening the way for a change of law […]
VALERIA GIANOTTA Published 26.07.2019 01:05 In Italy, the case of Carola Rackete, the captain of the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Sea-Watch 3 ship that forced the naval blockade on the […]
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES Istanbul Published 08.07.2019 Rescue ships are defying Italy and Malta’s hard-line policies of closing their harbors to them and migrants saved at sea are caught up […]
European Policies Create New Dangers on Mediterranean In just a few years, the dreams of European immigration hardliners have become reality on the Mediterranean. Volunteer sea rescue operations have been […]
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
The battle for ideological hegemony in the city mirrors that of wars gone by Alessio Colonnelli The Independent Voices Seventy-five years ago this month Rome was liberated by Anglo-American forces […]
Source: The New York Times By Jason Horowitz ROME — For nearly a year, Pope Francis remained mostly silent in the face of a searing accusation by a former papal ambassador to […]
Source: The Washington Post By Chico Harlan ROME — The leader of his favorite political party and the leader of his faith had staked out such differing positions that Stefano Dente felt […]
Source: Associated Press By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — Italy’s populist interior minister is uniting Europe’s right-wing parties under an anti-migrant, anti-Islam, anti-bureaucracy banner for this month’s European Union elections, […]
APR 3, 2019 The Caesars embraced newcomers, less out of idealism than out of self-interest. BARRY STRAUSS How “Roman” was the Roman Empire? Well, by some measures: not very. As the Roman emperors sought to expand and strengthen their empire, they recognized that immigration was a means for both. Although […]
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 10, 2019 Mounsef al-Mkhayar, 22, an Islamic state fighter of Morrocan descent and Italian citizenship, gestures during an interview with Reuters, in Qamishli, […]
Source: The Conversation By Timothy D. Lytton; Distinguished University Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University Pope Francis is gathering 200 bishops and heads of religious orders from around the […]
Source: The African Exponent By Tatenda Gwaambuka France and Italy are fighting over Libyan oil and destroying the country in the process. NATO killed Gaddafi so as to access Libya; […]
The Observer Refugees As European elections near, Rome’s populists are advancing a pointed narrative that firmly blames the Elysée for migration Kim Willsher in Paris Sun 27 Jan 2019 […]
by Ismail Akwei, at 08:00 am, January 22, 2019 Italian deputy prime minister who is also labour and economy minister, Luigi di Maio, has accused France of fuelling migration […]
In the 14 December 2018 issue of Al Hakam, Abdul Hadi (Italo) Chiussi was mentioned who was formerly an Italian Esperantist and later translated the Quran into the Esperanto […]
Today Catholic fundamentalism is fully mixed with anti-Muslim feeling, disguised antisemitism, racism and a narrow anti-EU nationalism Andrea Mammone The Independent Voices An 800-year-old monastery in Italy’s Apennine mountains has become the latest battleground in a bitter war of ideas. The imposing buildings of Trisulti to the east of Rome […]
Matteo Salvini Has Emboldened Fascists in Italy A .38-Caliber Rosary The Dangerous New Face of Salvini’s Italy Shots fired at foreigners, assaults on minorities, neo-fascist marches: Italy’s extreme right wing […]
Source: The Washington Post By Chico Harlan December 25 COLLEPARDO, Italy — Inside the stone walls of the Trisulti monastery, for more than eight centuries, monks have lived in quiet seclusion, praying, […]
