Vatican Opens Door to Limited Ordination of Married Men as Priests
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 […]
Poems vs swastikas – there’s a cultural war being waged on the streets of Rome
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 […]
Pope Francis Denies He Knew of Abuse by McCarrick
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 […]
The path to electoral victory in Salvini’s Italy: Open opposition to the pope
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 […]
Italy emerges as ground zero for European extremist populism
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, […]
Why Ancient Rome Needed Immigrants to Become Powerful
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 […]
Exclusive: Islamic State fighter wants to return to Italy, warns of ‘sleeper cells’
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, […]
Why the pope’s upcoming summit needs to do a full accounting of the cover-up of sexual abuse
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 […]
France and Italy Fighting Over Libyan Oil: Is This Why They Killed Gaddafi?
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; […]
Italy and France’s refugee dispute awakens a dark colonial legacy
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 […]
Italy accuses France of fuelling migration by continuously colonizing Africa
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 […]
Al-Haj Muhammad Abdul Hadi Italo Chiussi (1919-1973)
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 […]
Europe’s far right seems determined to hijack Christianity in its bid for power
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 […]
The Dangerous New Face of Salvini’s Italy
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 […]
With support from Steve Bannon, a medieval monastery could become a populist training ground
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, […]
We need a revival of humanism
Source: The Washington Post By Michael Gerson A tourist in Florentine museums is like a skipping stone above unfathomable depths. Here a Botticelli. There a Donatello. A single room at the Uffizi that […]
Italian priests vow to open church doors to evictees from immigration centres
‘Salvini decree’ threatens to make thousands not eligible for refugee status homeless Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo @lorenzo_tondo Mon 10 Dec 2018 Demonstrators in Rome protest against the ‘Salvini decree’ in […]
Global Catholic nuns urge reporting of sex abuse to police
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD ROME (AP) — The Catholic Church’s global organization of nuns has denounced the “culture of silence and secrecy” surrounding sexual abuse in the church […]
Italy’s bishops respond to long-ignored clergy sex abuse
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Italy’s Catholic bishops are declaring a new era of transparency and truth about clergy sex abuse, as awareness of the […]
Remains at Vatican property probed for links to 35-year-old mystery
Source: CNN By Bianca Britton and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN A demonstrator holds a poster of Emanuela Orlandi reading “Missing” during Pope Benedict XVI’s Regina Coeli noon prayer in St. Peter’s […]
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