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 – amid increased demand for the service among Roman Catholics. Participants, many of them priests, will attend lectures and talks on […]
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 […]
Italy applauds Libya’s decision on migrant ‘search and rescue’ zone
By AFP – Aug 13,2017 – JORDAN TIMES This file photo taken on July 14 shows the Italian rescue ship Vos Prudence run by NGO ‘Doctors Without Borders’ arriving in the port of Salerno carrying 935 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean sea. French NGO MSF announced on Saturday the activities […]
Italy Has Many Refugees, Not Much Terror, But Why?
Muslims hold Friday prayers in front of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy October 21, 2016, to protest against the closure of unlicensed mosques. REUTERS/Tony Gentile – RTX2PWAB JOSHUA GILL 07/12/2017 Italian law enforcement officials have developed a new strategy to prevent the radicalization of Italian muslims — sending approved […]
Italy uses imams in prisons to deter extremism among inmates
Source: Associated Press By FRANCES D’EMILIO TERNI, Italy (AP) — Italy’s plan to reduce the risk of a jihadi-inspired attack is pinned in small part on El Hacmi Mimoun, an […]
Italy-Austria tension over border troops at Brenner Pass
Source: BBC News Italy has summoned Austria’s ambassador after the government in Vienna announced it was ready to deploy border troops to block any migrant influx. Austrian Defence Minister Hans […]
85,000 people apply for just 30 banking jobs in Italy
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL People line up at a cash machine of a Veneto Banca branch in Milan, Italy, Monday, June 26, 2017. (AP Photo) Italians are facing one of the most intense scramble in a decade to get a job this summer, as evident by the record number of people […]
2,100 Migrants Have Been Rescued in the Mediterranean Sea
Source: Time (ROME) — Some 2,100 migrants have been rescued at sea to be brought to safety in Italy, the Italian coast guard said Saturday. Among those rescued Friday and […]