ROME – Pope Francis expressed the importance of the football World Cup and sent his wishes to those attending the tournament, which is underway in Qatar. 

 ROME – A man in his thirties was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting two young women from the United States, police said.

 ROME – More than one hundred Afghan refugees were due to arrive in Fiumicino on Thursday via humanitarian corridors, church sources said.

  Christopher Matthews, who has died at age 79, was a Russian-born, bohemian godson of Graham Greene with a larger than

 ROME – The man arrested on charges of killing three prostitutes in Prati is Giandavide De Pau, a former chauffeur and bodyguard of mafia boss Michele Senese, police said.

 ROME – In an interview given to La Stampa on Friday morning, Pope Francis reiterated the importance of resolving the conflict in Ukraine and confirmed that the Vatican was willing to act as a medi

  ROME – Police were searching for a potential serial killer on Friday after three women, two Chinese and one Colombian, were stabbed to death in Prati.

ROME – Hundreds of people are under investigation and seven have been arrested for the importation and distribution of ‘date-rape drugs’ in Italy, Roman prosecutors said.

 ROME – Tensions continued to rise between Italy and France over the migrant crisis, with Italian President Sergio Mattarella intervening in an attempt to defuse the situation.

 ROME - An Italian comic participating in a television show appeared wearing a neo fascist t-shirt and was consequently suspended from the programme, RAI said on Monday.

 ROME – A Commonwealth Remembrance Day service was held in the Rome War Cemetery in Testaccio.

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis held an audience with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan at the Vatican Palace to maintain warm relations and to discuss peace and stability in the middle East, the

 ROME – Police have broken up a branch of the Ndrangheta gang which controlled dozens of businesses in the capital, police said.

ROME – Injury trial for 53-year-old Roman kite surfer finally begins after an incident with a military helicopter in October 2018, local jurisdiction announced.

 ROME – Lazio beat Roma 1 – 0 at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday to overtake their rivals in the Serie A standings. 

 ROME – As world leaders gather at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is calling on the international community to invest in building t

 ROME – Climate change protesters threw soup over a painting by Van Gogh and were decried by Italian Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, who called the act ‘ignoble.’

 ROME - From 2 to 30 November, the eternal city rediscovers its Nordic roots with November Nordic, a full-bodied programme of events, called 'Nordic Traces', that winds its way through the capital,

 ROME - Sebastiano del Piombo, perhaps even before the Sack of Rome in 1527, developed the technique of oil painting on stone, aware that he was reviving an ancient practice mentioned by Pliny.

 ROME – Medical groups criticized Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government’s plan to allow doctors and nurses who are not vaccinated against COVID to return to work in hospitals.

 ROME – Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s newly inaugurated government came under heavy criticism for a proposal from her populist allies Lega to ease restrictions on cash transfers, potentia

 ROME – Newly inaugurated Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni held a phone call with United States President Joe Biden, discussing the challenges faced by both nations and reaffirming their suppo

 ROME – Trade unions condemned the use of violence by police in a clash with La Sapienza University students who were demonstrating against a conference attended by right wing commentators and memb

ROME – A new art exhibit showcasing the imaginative work of the Bloomsbury Group and the poignant writing of Virginia Woolf opens in the Palazzo Altemps on Wednesday.

 ROME – One of the capital's bus drivers was indefinitely suspended from service on Monday for watching a film while working, ATAC confirmed.