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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | ROME Pope Francis urged governments on Saturday to get migrants and refugees out of holding centers, saying many had become “concentration camps”. During a […]
Source: The Daily Mail A Muslim woman claims airport staff told her she would have to take off her hijab if she wanted to get on a flight to London. Aghnia Adzkia was passing through security when she was asked to take off her religious headscarf. Ms Adzkia claims to […]
An imam holds Friday prayers at the Central Mosque in the German town of HamburgChristian Charisius / Reuters SIGAL SAMUEL APR 12, 2017 Some politicians are calling for more “transparent” […]