ROME – Two Senegalese men have been arrested for the gang rape and murder of Desiree Mariottini, a 16-year old Italian girl who was found dead last week, police said.

VATICAN CITY -  Pope Francis has appealed for more tolerance and explained the root causes of populism during a book launch entitled, “Sharing the Wisdom of Time” at Rome's Augustinianum Institute.

ROME - An escalator collapsed at Rome's Repubblica metro station, injuring 24 people, one of whom had a foot amputated.

ROME – AS Roma produced a brilliant performance to take a comfortable win against CSKA Moscow in their Champions League fixture at the Stadio Olimpico this week.

ROME – The Italian government could be forced to pay a nine billion euro fine if it doesn’t amend its budget proposal, after the European Commission rejected the plan in its current form this week.

ROME - A black girl suffered racial abuse on a train from Milan to Trieste earlier this month, as a woman sitting nearby said to her, "I don’t want to sit near a black girl". 

 ROME - A wave of extreme weather hit Rome Sunday night, causing major disruption to public transport and forcing drivers to abandon their cars.

ROME - Italy’s latest round of local elections saw a surge in support for the League, as the party attracted 11 percent of the vote in the northern region of Trentino-Alto Adige.

ROME – In a passionate speech in the Circus Maximus in Rome last weekend, the founder of the populist Five Star Movement Beppe Grillo courted controversy by calling for the powers of the Italian pr

ROME - The international conference "Leaving no one behind - making the case for adolescent girls," will take place at IFAD headquarters in Rome on Monday.

ROME – AS Roma fell to a third defeat in just nine games at the Stadio Olimpico last weekend, while Juventus’ perfect start to the season came to an end in Turin.

ROME - A silent march will take place on Sunday to mark 75 years since the deportation of Roman citizens to Auschwitz-Birkenau on 16th October 1943.

VATICAN CITY – On a visit to the Vatican, the number two cleric in the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Hilarion, has accused the United States of engineering the independence of the Ukrainian

PRESTON – Roma supporter Filippo Lombardi has been jailed for three years for violent disorder at Preston Crown Court, but acquitted of inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm on Liverpool fan Sean Cox.

ROME - Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, President of Caritas Internationalis, is encouraging communities to oppose fear and hatred by participating in a one kilometre walk alongside migrants and refuge

VATICAN CITY – As world leaders gather in Rome at the FAO headquarters for World Food Day, the Vatican has released a letter from Pope Francis to Director General of the UN organisation, José Grazi

ROME - Italy is under severe pressure from the European Union for its 2019 fiscal policies.

ROME – The life and works of the poet Vjaceslav Ivanov are to be celebrated on Tuesday in an event coordinated by the ‘Pontificio Istituto Orientale’.

VATICAN CITY – In a ceremony on Sunday at the Vatican, Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero was elevated to sainthood, along with Pope Paul VI and five others by Pope Francis

ROME - The 4th Arab Lawyers Forum gathered 300 delegates at the Rome Cavalieri Waldorf Astoria Resort to discuss the impact of global trends and regional regulatory reform.