ROME– The Tiber, now more resembling a swamp, is inhabited by ducks, gulls, and garbage. Spring has finally arrived in Rome.

ROME—The Court of Cassation has confirmed Berlusconi’s two-year ban from public office for tax fraud disqualifying him from running in EU elections in May.

VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis will be joined by around 700 relatives of mafia victims in a vigil to pray for the innocent who lost their lives to mafia violence.

ROME--Only in Rome’s Galleria Borghese could Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti earn his ultimate consecration for having understood the human condition on Earth and rendered it through his art. 

 VATICAN CITY—On the first anniversary of his election Pope Francis asked his twitter followers for prayers while on a spiritual retreat in Ariccia.  

VATICAN CITY—Priests and seminarians from around the world will descend on the pitches at the Pontificio Oratorio to compete in this tiny city state`s soccer championsh

ROME—Taxi drivers at Fiumicino airport refuse to pick up passengers in a strike against illegal practices in passenger transport industry.

ROME- John Cabot University (JCU) held two lectures with private advocate Simon Davies founder of Privacy International

VATICAN CITY—As the first anniversary of his election approaches, Pope Francis gives his insight into the first 12 months of his pontificate in an extensive interview with Corriere della Sera.

ROME—Archaeologist and educator Kimberly Bowes has been appointed the 22^nd Director of the American Academy in Rome to start her tenure on July 1.

ROME—Under-secretary Antonio Gentile announced his resignation in light of recent allegations of censorship pressures put upon the chief editor of a Calabrian newspaper

ROME—The American University of Rome presented Roger Waters with a Honoris Causa Degree in recognition of his widespread artistic and social activity.

ROME—The American University of Rome has announced the opening of new master’s degree programs in the humanities to start in September 2014.

ROME—The unemployment rate in Italy has risen by 0.2 percentage points since December to reach a 35-year record high at 12.9%, the latest report by ISTAT has revealed.   

Rome – Anzio veteran Harry Shindler, 93, received an MBE from the British Ambassador to Italy and declared his struggle for expatriate voting rights will continue.

ROME—The former head of Rome's municipal police Angelo Giuliani has been placed under house arrest on charges of alleged corruption and fraud.

VATICAN CITY-A year after his resignation shook the world, the Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has strongly denied an Italian report that he was pressured to quit St Peter's

ROME– The American student found dead in a Roman railway tunnel might have been drugged while drinking, police said Wednesday.

ROME–While Dan Brown’s latest thriller tops bestseller lists since its first day, American professors Deborah and Mark Parker meet his readers halfway with a guide to the masterpiece which inspired

ROME– The newly appointed English Cardinal Vincent Nichols said Monday Pope Francis has started a “radical renewal” in the Catholic Church.

ROME--  The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Sviatoslav Shevchuk will lead a prayer for Ukraine organised by the Sant’Egidio Community tonight.

ROME– Italian police have increased security at the Indian Embassy following threats linked to the marines controversy, the Indian Government has confirmed.

VATICAN CITY -- An official British delegation has arrived to see Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, receive a red cardinal’s hat from Pope Francis Saturday, the UK Embassy to the Holy