The Catholic Church’s Looming Fight Over Same-Sex Blessings
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Francis X. Rocca Updated May 22, 2018 6:38 p.m. ET ROME—Reports that Pope Francis told a sex-abuse victim that God made him gay have […]
Why the Muslim World Needs to Follow Pope Francis?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The broader Sunni Shia conflict, with Saudi Arabia in one corner and Iran in the other, is no […]
Italy close to forming first anti-establishment government
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL PublishedMay 18, 2018 Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right party “Lega” (League) speaks to the press at the Quirinale palace, Rome, May 14. Following more than two months of political deadlock, Italian anti-establishment and far-right parties took a step closer to forming a government by […]
Vatican Denounces Offshore Tax Havens
Source: Wall Street Journal BY Francis X. Rocca ROME—The Vatican denounced the use of offshore tax havens and financial instruments such as debt securitizations that are seen as factors behind […]
Italy anti-abortion posters spark outcry in Rome
Source: BBC News “Abortion is the prime cause of femicide in the world,” declare the black-and-white posters that have appeared in several areas of Rome. But the campaign has provoked […]
History of Islam in Southern Italy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arabic painting made for the Norman kings (c. 1150) in the Palazzo dei Normanni, originally the emir’s palace at Palermo. Part of a series on the […]
Chilean bishops in Rome for expected brow-beating from pope
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Chilean bishops are arriving in Rome ahead of an expected brow-beating next week from Pope Francis, who says he was […]
Cardinal George Pell trial a ‘turning point’, says survivors’ rights group
Source: The Guardian Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome Question in Rome is now whether Pope Francis is prepared to take tougher action against accused priests Cardinal George Pell leaves Melbourne magistrates court […]
Italy: Honor Killing of Sana Cheema in Pakistan
BBC.COM Pakistan exhumes Italian Sana Cheema’s body in ‘honour killing’ probe 25 April 2018 Image copyright INSTAGRAM/SANA_CHEEMA2014Image captionGujrat, PakistanSana Cheema was buried last week without an autopsy Pakistani police have […]
Alfie Evans could be flown to Rome if latest appeal succeeds
Source: The Guardian By Jamie Griersonand Josh Halliday Alfie Evans, the severely ill toddler whose life support machine was switched off on Monday, could immediately be flown to a children’s hospital […]
Exorcism by cellphone: Beating the devil in the 21st century
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) – About 200 aspiring exorcists gathered on Monday for a week-long course in casting out demons – including by cellphone if necessary – […]
Trial of Child-Pornography Suspect Would Be a First for the Vatican
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Francis X. Rocca April 8, 2018 3:07 p.m. ET ROME—The Vatican’s arrest of one of its diplomats on suspicion of violating child-pornography laws has […]
Does Hell Exist? And Did the Pope Give an Answer?
Source: The New York Times By JASON HOROWITZ Pope Francis has had several chats with a left-wing Italian journalist who considers himself an atheist and occasionally puts words in the pope’s […]
Catholic hierarchy to be confronted over gender inequality
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent “Powerful vested interests” within the Catholic church are being challenged at a conference in Rome on International Women’s Day as calls grow for women to […]
Pope’s Controversial China Overture Has Cold-War Precedent
Source: Wall Street Journal By Francis X. Rocca Feb. 7, 2018 8:00 a.m. ET ROME—Pope Francis’ overture to Communist China echoes the Vatican’s conciliatory approach to Soviet-bloc states during much […]
Kurds protest in Rome as Turkey’s Erdogan meets pope
Source: Associated Press By FRANCES D’EMILIO VATICAN CITY (AP) — Paying the first Vatican visit by a Turkish head of state in 59 years, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Monday […]
Gunman targets African migrants in Italy’s Macerata
Crime scene investigators at work after a shooting in Macerata, Italy [Carotti Nest/EPA] A gunman has injured six African migrants in the Italian city of Macerata in a series of […]
The Italian church is dissolving its links to the mob
Source: The Economist The mutual tolerance of the 1970s and 1980s is at an end by S.D’I. and ERASMUS | ZAFFERANA, SICILY TO ALL appearances, this was a final disentangling of […]
Italy woman marries herself in ‘fairytale without prince’
Source: BBC News An Italian woman has married herself in a ceremony complete with white dress, three-layer wedding cake, bridesmaids and 70 guests. “I firmly believe that each of us […]
Where Dreams Come to Die Migrant Path in Europe Ends at Brenner Pass
Migrants who make it across the Mediterranean to Italy dream of continuing on to northern Europe. Most, though, are unable to make it past the Brenner Pass. A visit to Europe’s waiting room. By Fiona Ehlers Photos Gianmarco Maraviglia / DER SPIEGEL September 07, 2017 The train station […]
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