Migrants at sea: Viva España!
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 […]
How One Migrant Ship Became a Symptom of a Sick Europe
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 […]
Vatican stalls German bishops’ plan to give Protestants Communion
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 […]
What will Italy’s new government mean for migrants?
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 […]
What rules apply to migrants rescued at sea?
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 […]
As 600 people drift on the Aquarius in the Mediterranean Sea, when did we decide that it was right to stop treating human beings with basic dignity?
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 […]
Vatican open to official role for women and married men in Amazon
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 […]
Priest finds €36,000 stashed in confessional box at Rome church
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 […]
Italy’s PM takes aim at migrants and austerity in maiden speech
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 […]
Italy’s 5-Stars step back from minister’s anti-gay remarks
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 […]
Full circle: Syria to Sicily
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 […]
Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Vatican Conservative, Dies at 88
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 […]
Italy’s Swing to the Populist Fringe Is Profoundly Symbolic and Deeply Disturbing for the E.U.
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 […]
Italy: Girl returns home after forced abortion in Pakistan
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 […]
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 […]