ROME - Throughout the course of history, religion has often been used to mark divisions and incite violent actions.

ROME – France has recalled its ambassador to Italy, Christian Masset, in light of “groundless, unprecedented attacks by Italy,” the French Foreign Ministry has announced.

ROME - Pope Francis will attend the 42nd session of the annual Governing Council gathering of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The two-day event, taking place on Feb.

ROME – The Jesuit priest Father Paolo Dall’Oglio, kidnapped by ISIS in 2013 in Syria, "may still be alive," senior Kurdish officials reported to the British daily The Times.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis heralded Wednesday his historic trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a "new page" in the story of Christianity and Islam.

VENICE – Mayor Luigi Brugnaro announced Monday that tourists visiting Italy’s popular Floating City for a single day-trip may have to start paying an entrance fee of three euros as of May 2019.

ROME – The European Union has warned Italy that it risks losing or having to repay euros 1.2 billion of European funding if it renounces the Turin-Lyon high-speed rail linkknown as TAV.

ABU DHABI – On the last morning of his historic visit to the United Arab Emirates, Pope Francis addressed over 100,000 Catholics from around the world in the Zayed Sports City stadium.

COURMAYEUR – The bodies of four skiers, one of whom was British, have been found by a rescue team after an avalanche in Val Veny, police sources report. 

VATICAN CITY – A senior Vatican official who handled sexual abuse cases has resigned after a former nun accused him of sexually assaulting her a decade ago.

ROME – The Italian men’s Davis Cup team qualified for the Finals of the international competition after a comfortable 3-1 victory over India.

ROME – In 10 years, between 2005 and 2015, over 10,000 doctors left Italy and moved abroad for reasons including “higher salaries and meritocracy.” Their departure is a damaging problem that is inc

ROME – A Gervinho-inspired comeback against champions Juventus gave Parma a well-earned draw and opened the door for Napoli to reduce the deficit at the top of the table.

ROME – Scotland’s Blair Kinghorn scored a hattrick as a toothless Italian side were beaten comfortably on the opening weekend of the 2019 Six Nations.

ROME - Volunteers of the Community of Sant'Egidio gathered hundreds of the Eternal City’s homeless in Basilica Santa Maria in Trastevere on Sunday to commemorate those have who died on the streets.

ROME – The Italian Insider chief editor has strongly defended the newspaper’s coverage of UN agencies at a court hearing during his trial for alleged criminal libel, insisting that reporting on sta

ROME - More than 4,000 people from all over the world have written to urge Italy to keep its embassy in Syria closed after Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi said that the government wa

ROME – There are no plans to introduce a relegation system into the Six Nations Championship, tournament chief Ben Morel confirmed on Friday in the lead up to the 2019 competition.

ROME – Italy’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has dropped for the second consecutive quarter, sending the economy into a “technical recession,” according to provisional figures released by state-run

CARACAS - Juan Guaidó, president of the Venezuelan National Assembly and self-proclaimed head of government appealed to Italy to support Venezuelans seeking change in their country.

ROME – Inter Milan crashed out of the Coppa Italia at the quarter final stage after being beaten 4-3 on penalties by Lazio.

ROME – The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has announced a revision of the protocols for instances of racist chanting at matches, Il Fatto Quotidiano reports.

CATANIA – The 47 migrants aboard Sea Watch 3, the stranded rescue boat off the coast of Sicily, finally disembarked the vessel, ending a standoff that lasted 12 days, as Italy continually refused t

ROME – An exuberant and energetic performance of Neil Simon’s adaptation of his hit comedy The Odd Couple, Female Version assertively parodied social stereotypes to ensure that the audience was kep

GENOA – Ten further individuals have been investigated in relation to the collapse of the Morandi bridge in Aug. 2018, police sources report.