ROME - Trame d’Italia – Terra di cultura has created a digital platform (www.trameditalia.it) to support its sustainable development initiative which aims to bring Italy's rich cultural heritage to life by offering experiential itineraries of the lesser known areas of Italy.
Flavia Cresswell-Turner
ROME – Two murals dedicated to clan members have been removed in the Tor Bella Monaca neighbourhood during the early hours of the morning, police officials confirm.
The operation, which began a 1 a.m., saw dozens of local police and carabinieri employed in the suburbs of Rome.
One of the murals was located in Via Ferdinando Quaglia, and depicted the face of Serafino Cordaro, a clan member who was killed in 2013 by Stefano Crescenzi in a ruthless struggle to control the drug market. In his design, the artist renamed Cordaro “the angel”.
22 May 2018
Daisy Raichura
FLORENCE - The Palazzo Strozzi to Aug. 26 is hosting The Florence Experiment -- a wonderful project created by the artist Carsten Holler and scientist Stefano Mancuso that incorporates both art and science to investigate the relationship between plants and human beings with a very fun factor.
Projected from the roof are two enormous slides allowing the the public to travel down from the 20-metre high loggia into the courtyard and from there a laboratory attached to the front of the palazzo.
21 May 2018
Flavia Cresswell-Turner
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis announced the promotion of 14 new Catholic cardinals, who’ll be officially appointed at his next consistory on June 29, Vatican officials confirm.
The surprise announcement was made on Sunday following the pontiff’s Regina Coeli address to pilgrims and visitors gathered in St. Peter’s Square.
21 May 2018
Insider reporters
VERONA – A young Pakistani resident of Verona, who was forced to have an abortion by her family, has been freed in a police blitz, officials say.
The 19-year-old was found in the Islamabad area of Pakistan, thanks to an intervention by the Pakistani police force.
She is now safe and being looked after by representatives of the Italian authorities, Verona investigative sources confirm.
18 May 2018
Archie Farquharson
ROME – Long-neglected parks across the Eternal City may have found their unlikely hero. Sheep, goats and potentially even cows are set to flock into the Italian capital to play the role of “natural lawnmowers,” the city’s mayor has announced.
Five Star’s Virginia Raggi, current mayor of Rome, is looking to follow the Berlin model by introducing herds of sheep and goats into the city centre.
18 May 2018
Flavia Cresswell-Turner
VATICAN CITY – Chilean bishops involved in a national sexual abuse scandal have all offered their resignations to Pope Francis, Vatican officials say.
Francis summoned 34 of them to Rome for a series of talks starting on Monday, to discuss the crisis and paedophilia scandal in the Chilean Church.
18 May 2018
Archie Farquharson
ROME – The anti-establishment Five Star Movement Blog opened an online vote to the public on Friday, aiming to determine whether to pursue the hastily cobbled up M5S-League government contract, the party’s leader Luigi Di Maio announced.
“It is a historical moment! Vote on the contract for the government of change!” a message read on Di Maio’s Facebook page.
18 May 2018
Insider reporters
Rome – Leaders of the radical opposition group, We Are Church International (WACI) have expressed serious concerns about the expansion of the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, calling them “ineffective” after they failed to include deepened reflections on the role of women within the Church.
This reaction was prompted after new statutes issued by Pope Francis took effect on 13 May.
18 May 2018