VATICAN CITY - Speaking during his first face-to-face general audience with pilgrims this year, Pope Francis paid tribute to his predecessor John Paul II, recalling that Thursday is the 40th anni

  NAPLES - The Mayor of Naples Luigi De Magistris has denied rumours that he will resign amidst reports that several Italian councils, including Naples, Turin and Palermo, are on the edge of bankru

  VATICAN CITY - Speaking after his Regina Caeli address on Sunday from the window of the Apsotolic Palace, Pope Francis spoke of his concern about the violence going on in Jerusalem, after clashes

  ROME - Despite putting up a good fight, with a 3-2 win over Manchester United in the second leg of their Europa League semi-final, it wasn’t enough to overturn their 6-2 defeat in the first leg,

  ROME - The judges of the first Court of Assizes have sentenced Californians Finnegan Lee Elder and Gabriel Natale Hjorth to life imprisonment for the

  ROME - It has been announced that Portuguese manager José Mourinho is to take over at Roma next season, after the club made it known on Tuesday morning that current manager Paulo Fonseca, also Po

  ROME - June 8 will see the opening of a new exhibition by English artist Damien Hirst at the Galleria Borghese, curated by Anna Coliva and Mario Codognato. Over 80 works from Hirst’s 'Treasures f

  VATICAN CITY - In the last week, Pope Francis has issued two Apostolic Letters, both in the form of motu proprios, legal documents issued personally by the pontiff, which outline several new legi

  PARIS - “No one in the Italian government is looking for vendettas or trophies,” said a statement from Palazzo Chigi regarding Italy’s as yet un-granted requests for extradition of the terrorists

  MANCHESTER - Roma have everything to do for their Europa League semifinal second leg after losing 6-2 to Manchester United in their first leg, having been 2-1 up at half time.

  ROME - Italy has administered nearly 19 million doses of the Covid vaccine, officials say, and the campaign is finally

  ROME - Around 2,000 coffins in the capital have now been awaiting burial for over three months.

  ROME - The Community of Sant'Egidio, the Rome-based lay Christian organisation, has organised and promoted vigils throughout Italy and the whole of Europe, to take place on Monday, in memory of t

  ROME - While conducting an environmental survey off the coast of Fiumicino, the Roman Coast Guard were greeted by the sighting of a young grey whale.

  ROME - The latest decree from Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, much to the consternation of the League and many of the regions, has confirmed that the national curfew will stay at 10 p.m.

  ROME - With the latest Prime Ministerial decree regarding the measures for reopening expected on Wednesday, there are still several disagreements between the government and the regions on the mea

  ROME - "We can look to the future with prudent optimism and confidence," said Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi as he announced at a press conference the measures for the gradual reopening of t

  ROME - The Senate has approved the motion to grant citizenship to Patrick Zaki, the Egypt student and researcher at the University of Bologna who has been unlawfully detained in Tora prison by Eg

  ROME - At what the organisers had promised was to be a peaceful protest, yet more bouts of violence between police and

  ROME - Nemi, a small town in the Alban Hills 27 kilometres from Rome, has scored a recent double coup 

  ROME - A joint investigation by four separate prosecutors’ offices, in Rome, Naples, Catanzaro and Reggio Calabria, has led to the arrest of 56 people, with 15 others held for questioning, for in

  ROME - For the first time, the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome will be offering a Licentiate in Judaic Studies and Jewish-Christian Relations, th

  ROME - On Wednesday, 627 new deaths from Covid-19 were reported, the highest since January, a number which has led many to question why Italy still has such a high death toll compared to other Eu

  ROME - The tourism industry is a fundamental voice of the Italian economy and the sector most affected by the pandemic, worth, according to Minister Garavaglia, at least 15% of GDP and, in perspe