ROME -- The Sant’Egidio religious community based in the capital greets the granting of the Nobel Peace Prize to Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos with joy, this Catholic community said Friday.
Sant’Egidio strongly supports dialogue and negotiation as the only viable paths towards reaching the end of conflict. This is an important sign for a world in which, over the past few months, has been seen a dissemination of “the fractured Third World War” that Pope Francis mentions.
NAPLES -- The most prestigious square in the metropolis prepares to host the 30th annual Futuro Remoto Science Festival in this southern Italian city’s Piazza Plebliscito, Friday until Monday.
A team of dedicated experts and 2,500 volunteers are ready to reopen Piazza Plebliscito to the public today, displaying local innovation and knowledge in a ‘hands on’ and face to face approach in matters of science and advanced technologies.
ROME -- Italian Defence Minister supports Polis Aperta -- a LGBT association for those working in the armed and police forces, and announces that she will celebrate the civil union of two women in Genoa, but while recognizing steps forward, the association highlights Friday the still predominant macho attitude of the army and police.
The Italian Polis Aperta invited the Defence Minister, Roberta Pinotti, to their national conference Oct. 10 in Milan. She said she was not able to attend “despite sharing the spirit of this important event,” ‘Il Fatto Quotidiano’ reports.
ROME -- The bizarre story of a female member of the Rome municipal police is one of persecution, sexual harassment and threats at the hands of a male colleague.
A Rome white-helmetted cop, aged 54, has been placed under house arrest on charges of alleged sexual violence and stalking, La Repubblica newspaper reports.
ROME -- Theresa May’s desire for Britain to keep public tabs on all foreign workers in companies has sparked fears for the 3.2 million Europeans registered as living in the UK -- amongst which a huge number of Italians, many of whom are considering leaving, ‘Il Messaggero’ wrote Thursday.
ROME – The number of Italians emigrating abroad has boomed, according to the ‘Italians across the world 2016’ report presented in Rome on Thursday, as 2015 saw an increase of 6.2 percent moving overseas since the year previous.
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis received the heads of Vodafone at the Holy See for a private meeting to discuss the mobile phone network giant’s “Instant Schools for Africa” project, the Vatican said Thursday.
Vittorio Colao, the CEO of Vodafone, Gerard Kleisterlee, the company’s president, and Aldo Bisio, the administrative manager of Vodafone Italy, met with the pope Wednesday to talk about their “Instant Schools for Africa” project.
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, in a meeting Wednesday evening at Vespers service, have said that they are “undeterred” by the “serious obstacles” to full unity between Anglicans and Roman Catholics, Anglican Communion News Service said Thursday.
ROME -- The Indian Ambassador, Anil Wadhwa, celebrated the anniverary of Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti at the ‘Gandhi Institute’ Secondary School in Narni, Umbria, the Embassy said. During the celebration Wednesday, over 900 students, along with their professors and local authorities took part in a wreath laying ceremony.
