For Pope Francis, A Year Of Reconciliation Abroad Amid Opposition At Home
Pope Francis turned 80 this month, at the end of what has been a busy year. He made six foreign trips and oversaw many events and ceremonies with millions of pilgrims throughout what he proclaimed the...
View ArticleItaly Surpasses Greece As Top Euro Destination For Asylum Seekers
At a busy office in central Rome, the man who oversees Italy's national network of committees that process asylum requests sits behind a desk with tall piles of folders. Angelo Trovato says each...
View ArticleFor Italy's Art Police, An Ongoing Fight Against Pillage Of Priceless Works
Italy has been described as the world's biggest open-air museum. And with illegally excavated antiquities, looting of unguarded, centuries-old churches and smuggling of precious artworks, it's also an...
View ArticleSteve Bannon Aligns With Vatican Hard-Liners Who Oppose Pope Francis
White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is known to have cultivated ties with far-right parties in Europe, like the National Front in France. He also seems to have forged an alliance with Vatican...
View ArticleAtop Ancient Ruins, A Rock Opera About Emperor Nero Leaves Some Romans...
Nearly 2,000 years after he held sway over ancient Rome, a notorious emperor is again causing outrage. The reason: Italian authorities approved construction of a massive stage amid the ruins over the...
View ArticleItaly's Coffee Culture Brims With Rituals And Mysterious Rules
Coffee — it's something many can't start the day without. In Italy, it is a cultural mainstay, and the country is perhaps the beverage's spiritual home. After all, Italy gave us the lingo — espresso,...
View ArticleBeer-Brewing Monks Are Helping Rebuild Earthquake-Devastated Town In Italy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTQTFW1Gdbs Large sections of Norcia's ancient walls lie in rubble. Its many centuries-old buildings are wrapped in steel girders, off-limits to the few people who visit...
View ArticlePainting Their Old Life Helps Them Build A New Life In Italy
African asylum seekers in Italy are becoming artists — and it's not only helping them cope with the trauma they've been through but also introducing their stories to the local community. In Europe's...
View ArticleIn Italy, A Medieval Town Confronts A Double Threat — Erosion And Too Many...
Tourism is booming in Italy, which welcomed close to 50 million visitors over the summer. That has helped some places that have been struggling to survive. But for one destination, it might be too much...
View ArticleThe Folk Music Festival That Started With A Spider Bite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjSfigb_4S0 The tarantella is a lively folk dance and musical style originating in southern Italy's Apulia region, the heel of the Italian geographic boot. Its name...
View ArticleIn Italy, Right-Wing Politicians Set Their Sights On Parliament
On a recent Saturday in Rome, several thousand angry Italians marched through the streets of downtown. They came to protest a bill that would grant citizenship to children born in Italy to long-term...
View ArticleAfter Defending Controversial Bishop, Pope To Send Sex Abuse Investigator To...
When Pope Francis visited Chile earlier this month, he lashed out at victims of sexual abuse and accused them of "calumny" regarding a bishop who is suspected of covering up abuse they endured by a...
View ArticleAnti-Migrant Slogans Are Overshadowing Italy's Election Race
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWbTiAlNXII A satirical movie that envisions dictator Benito Mussolini staging a comeback opened in Italy just as the campaign for March 4 general elections was getting...
View ArticleItaly's 5-Star Movement Leads In Polls, But Some Past Supporters Vow 'Never...
In Italy, polls ahead of Sunday's general elections suggest the maverick 5-Star Movement is more popular than any other party. Founded in 2009 on an anti-establishment platform by Beppe Grillo, a...
View ArticleAfter Italy's Election, 2 Rival Populist Parties Claim Right To Lead Next...
The Italian political world has been struck by a populist tsunami — 50 percent of voters in Sunday's parliamentary elections chose candidates from anti-establishment, anti-immigrant and euroskeptic...
View ArticleAfter 5 Years As Pope, Francis' Charismatic Image Has Taken Some Hits
Every Sunday when he is at the Vatican, Francis ends his remarks to the crowd in St. Peter's Square with a typical Italian saying: "Have a good lunch and arrivederci ." It's that common touch that has...
View ArticleThe Sistine Chapel Gets Its Own High-Tech Spectacle, With Music By Sting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IbAeb4NTyA One of Rome's must-see sights is the Vatican's Sistine Chapel — but it's usually so packed, visitors have a hard time absorbing the majesty and beauty of the...
View ArticleThis Room Is Thought To Have Been Michelangelo's Secret Hideaway And Drawing...
It was an art historian's chance discovery of a lifetime. Over 40 years ago, a museum director in Florence, Italy, found a hidden room whose walls were covered in drawings believed to be the work of...
View ArticlePope Francis Visits Ireland Amid Church Scandals Across The World
The official purpose of Pope Francis' visit to Ireland this weekend is to attend the Vatican-sponsored World Meeting of Families held every three years. But with multiple sexual abuse scandals...
View ArticleVatican's Meeting Of Bishops Is Overshadowed By Abuse Allegations
As clerical sex abuse scandals buffet the Catholic Church, a three-week assembly of bishops is under way in Rome on how to make the Church relevant for young people. But the assembly, known as a synod,...
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