VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has decried the political rhetoric that accuses migrants of “all ills” in a message, released on Tuesday, that has been written for th

ROME - High-tech company Leonardo has announced that the Armament Inspectorate of Polish Ministry of National Defense has chosen to acquire four more M-346 Advanced Jet Trainers.

ROME – For fear he may be plotting an escape, Brazilian police have released several identikit photos of Cesare Battisti in a bid to catch the fugitive terrorist once and for all.

ROME – Defence Minister Elisabetta Trenta has lauded the “exemplary” conduct of a Carabiniere officer, who drew his gun in defence of a lone German fan while being attacked by a mob of Lazio suppor

ROME – Raffaele Marra, the former right-hand man of mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi, has been handed a jail sentence of three years and six months for corruption, judicial sources report.

ROME – A fire that broke out at a refuse plant in the outskirts of Rome has left “toxic smoke” and a “pungent smell” in parts of the capital on Tuesday morning, Rome’s municipal offices report.

ROME - Messages of disgust began pouring in Monday, as news broke that twenty bronze bricks dedicated to Holocaust victims were stolen from a Roman street overnight.

ROME - Having started with a somewhat sinister choral reading of Everything That Rises Must Converge, The English Theatre of Rome’s season progresses with a play that is precisely the opposite.

ROME – The complicated historical narrative of sovereignty claims from Bahrain and Qatar over the town of Al-Zubara were presented by noted historian Dr Gerald Power at the headquarters of the Euro

ROME - When it comes to fighting organised crime, Italy has the expertise.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has expressed his concern about the presence of "fashionable" homosexuality among the clergy of the Catholic Church, moving away from his previous more liberal statement

ROME - The Rome Public Prosecutor’s Office has placed dozens of people, including art critic and MP Vittorio Sgarbi, under investigation on suspicion of art forgery.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis entertained the possibility of selling disused, empty Italian churches to raise money for the poor in his address at the Episcopalian Conference, Il Messaggero reports o

ROME – After yet another disappointing meeting between Italian and Egyptian investigators to examine Giulio Regeni's murder, Chamber of Deputies President Roberto Fico has declared Italy will sever

ROME – Yet another defeat in AS Roma’s shambolic opening to the season left fans fuming at the Stadio Olimpico, even though other results guaranteed the Italian side’s place in the last 16 of the C

ROME – The Finance Police executed an order on Wednesday to seize the assets of Sampdoria chairman Massimo Ferrero in an investigation into financial misconduct, Il Fatto Quotidiano reports.

ROME - Pope Francis will tackle the issue of global hunger at the opening ceremony of the 42nd Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

BOLZANO – A 25-year partnership between the South Tyrol People’s Party (SVP) and the centre-left has come to an end after party leadership gave the all clear to enter into discussions with Matteo S

ROME – Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio was left to regret his previous “mud-slinging” towards the family of Democratic Party member Maria Elena Boschi on Tuesday after a scandal over his father

ROME - A series of meetings will take place over the next four days between Vice-President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Cornelia Richter, and Bolivian government o

ROME - Pope Francis has harshly condemned Black Friday for inducing rampant consumerism.

ROME - Considered one of the world’s leading film directors, Bernardo Bertolucci transgressed the traditional cinematic depiction of everyday life, and paved the way for the Italian new wave moveme

ROME – Players throughout the Serie A sported red marks on their face in a condemnation of violence against women in their weekend fixtures, while Genoa and Sampdoria, both based in the same city,

POZZALLO – Interior Minister Matteo Salvini renewed his verbal assault on Malta on Monday after reports of the arrival of a boat with 264 migrants on board, Il Fatto Quotidiano has reported.

ROME – The human remains found in the Vatican’s Embassy to Italy ‘don’t belong’ to either Emanuela Orlandi or Mirella Gregori, the two girls who went missing in 1983, legal sources reported on Frid