VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Juan Barros, Bishop of Osorno, and two other churchmen involved in the Chilean sexual abuse scandal, Vatican officials confirmed on Monda

ROME – Spain agreed to welcome the NGO rescue ship carrying 629 migrants on Monday, officials said, as Italian anti-migrant Interior Minister Matteo Salvini and Maltese officials fought a tense war

ROME - The third edition of the Cultural Heritage Rescue Prize was held in Palermo at Villa Niscemi. This prize dedicates itself to celebrating those who safeguar

REGGIO CALABRIA – Three days on from the death of Soumayla Sacko, the 29-year-old Malian who was shot dead on Saturday at San Calogero, police have singled out a 43-year-old suspect. 

ROME – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Nepal have agreed to invest US$68.1 million to significantly improve incomes and food security for 35,000 rural farming househo

ROME – A fundraising event took place on Tuesday at the South African Embassy in Rome to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the birth of former president Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the founding

ROME – A distinguished delegation of Chinese government officials, representatives from Italy, several African countries and the United Nations, participated in a workshop on Tuesday, aimed at boos

ROME – Interior Minister Matteo Salvini claimed victory on Tuesday after several European countries stood up against the proposed reforms of the Dublin Regulation at an EU justice and home affairs

ROME – The League reacted furiously on Monday to accusations from billionaire financier and philanthropist, George Soros, that the far-right Italian party may be financed by the Kremlin, political

ROME – Sant’Egidio, a Christian community spanning 70 countries worldwide, has led calls on Monday for collective European intervention to put an end to the “unacceptable” deaths of migrant childre

ROME – Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini reopened his criticism of the EU’s migration policies on Monday, demanding help from Europe to secure Italian borders and informing them that his ant

ROME – Fierce tension between Italy’s incoming M5S-League government and the European Union escalated on Friday after European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker characterised Italians as laz

ROME - The Thursday forum hosted by Mediatrends, centred around a discussion titled “The challenge of regional emigration in America.”

 ROME - Wednesday morning saw the arrival of a new group of refugees in Rome.

MILAN – The spread between Italy’s 10-year BTP bond and the German Bund was sharply cut to 261 basis points on Wednesday whilst Italian prime minister designate Carlo Cottarelli struggled to establ