ROME -- Italy’s men’s football team beat Estonia 1-3 on Saturday in a qualifying match for the 2026 World Cup. This victory ensured Italy gained a crucial three points to ensure their dreams of qualifying for the World Cup stay alive.
The Azzurri keep World Cup hopes alive against Estonia ahead of hotly contested match against Israel
KATARINA HARRISON-GAZE
13 Oct 2025
KATARINA HARRISON-GAZE
VATICAN CITY – Speaking at Sunday’s Angelus, Pope Leo XIV called the new ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel a “a spark of hope in the Holy Land.”
Hamas and Israel came to a new ceasefire agreement on Friday after ongoing fighting for over two years, following U.S. president Donald Trump's peace deal. Negoations are ongoing. A previous ceasefire agreement had been reached in Jan 2025, however fighting resumed in March 2025.
12 Oct 2025
Darcie Peters
ROME – For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, a secret passage beneath the Colosseum has opened to the public, offering a glimpse into the inner world of Rome’s most infamous emperors. Known as the Commodus Passage, this underground corridor once used by Roman emperors quietly opened its doors to the public on Oct. 8, following a year-long restoration effort dedicated to uncovering part of the vast network of undiscovered tunnels which lie beneath Rome’s most iconic monument.
11 Oct 2025
John Phillips
ROME -- The Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the Holy See celebrated the 114th anniversary of the founding of the Republic with an official reception held at the Auditorium Conciliazione, attended by ecclesiastical communities and diplomatic corps, as well as representatives from the academic, cultural, and religious communities.
10 Oct 2025
John Phillips
ROME -- David Petrie, the 74 year old chairman of ALLSI, The Association of Foreign Lecturers in Italy trade union deposited a report Thursday with the Italian police to be forwarded to the public prosecutor’s office in Rome, asking the prosecutor to acquire all documents sent by the Italian authorities to the European Commission pertaining to infringement proceedings in case C-519/23, Commission v Italy, and to ascertain whether or not said documents constitute misrepresentation of facts and/or omission of official acts pursuant to Articles 479 and 328(1) of the Italian Criminal Code.
9 Oct 2025
JAN FILIPOWICZ
LVIV – It is hard at first glance for a visitor to believe that this dazzlingly beautiful western Ukrainian UNESCO world heritage site is a city at war. Indeed, some of its bourgeois citizens evidently prefer to keep out of sight as much as possible reminders of the conflict being fought valiantly against the Russian invading forces in the distant east of Ukraine.
9 Oct 2025
Philip Willan
ROME -- Oscar Wilde is known for his irrepressible wit and sense of humour. Less so for the prison ordeal, following a conviction for homosexuality, which crushed his creativity and led to depression and an early death at the age of 46.
9 Oct 2025
Michael LaPointe
Castelfranco Veneto – As we headed into the center, the clock tower of the walled city was hard to miss with its imposing Venetian lion. This was the main entrance to the old town surrounded by medieval walls which was created in 1211 by the people of Treviso as they continued to fight with their neighbors in Padua. The result of the struggle is that now there is a beautiful walled historic center surrounded by a romantic moat.
8 Oct 2025
Darcie Peters
PADUA -- Israeli forces intercepted several vessels from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) in international waters Wednesday, including The Conscience, a large boat carrying 93 journalists, doctors, and activists, along with three smaller boats, an FFC spokesperson said.
8 Oct 2025