ROME-- The Vatican opens its doors to the LGBTQ+ community during the 2025 Jubilee.
Pope Francis has declared that Jubilee opens its doors to any members of the LGBTQ+ community who will make their pilgrimage to Rome for the event. The official calendar of the Holy Year has inserted a few days on the calendar dedicated to any members of the community as well as their friends and families.
ROME- On Tuesday, the community of Sant’Egidio is organizing a prayer vigil for world peace at 6:30 pm in the square of Santa Maria in Trastevere. The service will be presided over by the Archbishop of Bologna and President of the Italian Episcopal Conference, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi.
The event is organized on International Human Rights Day with the hopes of honoring those who have lost their lives due to war and to counter the use of violence as a solution.
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NAPLES - The National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology recorded a tremor of 3.4 magnitude at 05:33 this morning in Naples.
Whilst magnitude 3 on the Richter scale is towards the lower end of the spectrum (which measures from 1 to 10), the tremor was strong enough to be noticed by people in several Western areas of Naples - Bagnoli, Agnano and Fuorigrotta.
The earthquake's epicentre was in Pozzuoli, which is located in the Phlegraean Fields - an large volcanic area which frequently experiences seismic activity, and was declared a regional park in 2003.
ROME -Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán began at around 15:45 and lasted about one hour and a half. There was no press inside, just a official statement afterwards which was full of meaningless phrases as an attempt to feign a consolidated approach to challenges such as the war in the Ukraine.
ROME - Sister Anna Donelli has been placed under house arrest for her alleged association with the ‘Ndrangheta mafia, Il Fatto Quotidiano have reported. In addition to the nun, former city councelor of Brescia, Giovanni Acri, as well as Mauro Galeazzi, a former member of the Lega a Castel Mella, have been arrested.
Sister Anna is accused of external collusion. According to the police, she took care of “guaranteeing the [mafia] connection with prison detainees … taking advantage of the spiritual assignment that allowed her to have free access to prison facilities.”
