Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Christian women who have pledged lifelong virginity as “brides of Christ” have expressed shock at a Vatican document that suggests literal virginity […]
Source: CNN The lifeless bodies of three babies, dressed in brightly colored clothing and looking almost as if they were sleeping, were carried carefully ashore Friday in Libya. Held in […]
Source: Al Jazeera News by Ylenia Gostoli Rome, Italy – At the end of another day of rallies and public speeches, Aboubakar Soumahoro’s phone doesn’t stop ringing as his meetings pile […]
By ANSA Latest update : 2018/06/25 A group of migrants visited Naples’ Archelogical Museum together on Thursday evening, in an event organized by the February 3 Association, an anti-racism group […]
Source: CNN By Nadine Schmidt and Sheena McKenzie, CNN A group of five European politicians spent Sunday night on a rescue ship stranded in the Mediterranean with hundreds of migrants […]
Source: CNN By Jay Croft, Valentina DiDonato and Nadine Schmidt Amid the ongoing controversy over immigration, the owners of two rescue boats say Italy has forced them to stop operating. […]
EMRE GÖNEN Migrant children onboard the French NGO’s Aquarius as the rescue ship is on its way to Spain, June 15. For all who cherish human rights and have empathy […]
Source: Time By Aryn Baker A 253-feet long, 2,000-ton boat makes for an ungainly political football, especially when it is carrying some 629 desperate migrants and is staffed by a […]
Source: Religion News Service ROME (RNS) – Disagreements between Catholic bishops in Germany about plans to give Communion to Protestants have spilled out into the wider Roman Catholic Church. Last Monday […]
AFP news@thelocal.it @thelocalitaly 21 May 2018 A woman aboard a rescue boat arrives in Messina, Sicily. Photo: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP An anti-establishment, far-right government in Italy heralds even more controversy over […]
AFP news@thelocal.it @thelocalitaly 11 June 2018 Photo: Karpov/SOS Mediterranee/AFP In the standoff between Italy and Malta over a migrant ship stranded in the Mediterranean, both have insisted on their right […]
Italians may well have a point that the rules of the EU have placed a disproportionate burden on an already listing economy, but sending innocent refugees back out to sea […]
Source: CNN By Delia Gallagher and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Rome (CNN) The Vatican says it is open to discussing the ordination of married men and an official role for women, to address […]
Source: The Guardian By Angela Giuffrida in Rome Rome police and clergy at a church near the Vatican have been left baffled after a package containing €36,000 (£31,500) was found in a confessional box. Police were called to Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci on Wednesday to investigate what priests […]
Giuseppe Conte calls for redistribution of asylum seekers and review of Russian sanctions Agence France-Presse Wed 6 Jun 2018 Italy’s new prime minister, Giuseppe Conte. Photograph: AFP/Getty Italy’s incoming prime […]
Source: Associated Press ROME (AP) — The 5-Star Movement, one of the two populist parties in Italy’s new government, distanced itself Sunday from anti-gay comments made by a minister from […]
14 July 2015 Syrian civil war Alberto Camastra had never lived anywhere but Damascus. But as Syria’s war closed in around his family, Alberto’s long-dead grandfather – a man he […]
Source: The New York Times By Sam Roberts Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos, a vigorous conservative voice in the Vatican and influential figure in the Latin American church who drew attention for […]
Source: Time By CHARLOTTE MCDONALD-GIBSON/BRUSSELS May 23, 2018 The European Union can swing from euphoria to crisis in the blink of an eye. Just a few months ago, French President Emmanuel […]
BBC.COm A student has returned to Italy after accusing her family in Pakistan of luring her home to terminate her pregnancy. Italy’s foreign minister tweeted a picture of Farah after her arrival at the ambassador’s residence in Islamabad The 19-year-old, named Farah, had been studying in Verona when she became […]
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