ROME - Every year the Vatican celebrates the Feast of Saint George on April 23. It also happens to be the patron saint of Pope Francis, who’s baptismal name Jorge is the Spanish equivalent.

ROME - The Archbishop of Panama José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta gave responsibility and power back to young people around the world, declaring that “the youth are the present, not just the future.” The

ROME - Leonard Cohen was probably one of the few artists who never felt intimidated by Bob Dylan.

ROME – Marymount International School of Rome are set to launch a pre-school in September 2018. It will be the first in the institution’s history.

ROME - David Campbell Bannerman encouraged the audience of the Monday conference to “wake up to the reality” of the Iranian influence in the Middle East, accusing

ROME - Northern-League leader, Matteo Salvini, took to Instagram with a photo of his “quiet dinner” at McDonald’s late on Sunday, after taking part at the Vinitaly event in Verona.

ROME – Tuscan-born director and screenwriter, Vittorio Taviani, died aged 88 on Sunday, his family said.

VATICAN CITY – During today’s General Audience at St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis decided to focus on the topic of baptism.

ROME – Caught up in the emotion of Roma’s stunning victory on Tuesday night, the club’s Chairman, James Pallotta, was seen celebrating by plunging into the Piazza del Popolo fountain, sources said.

ROME – A conceptual music composition of the American musician and composer John Heineman will be presented on April 24 at Tor Vergata University, Rome.

ROME – Acid attack victim and Ballando con le Stelle (Dancing with the Stars) contestant, Gessica Notaro, spoke out on TV saying that she would not be silent and, contrary to what she was

ROME – The M5S were the final party to meet Italian President Sergio Mattarella as government-formation consultations came to a close following two days of discussions.

ROME – Casa di Goethe, Rome’s only German museum, will be featuring work by Austrian artist Robert Gschwantner on May 30 to Oct 23.

ROME – Brother Anthony Freeman’s recent death came as a surprise for all when his body was discovered in his room on Easter Monday.

ROME – Neither the M5S, nor the League appeared willing to back down as the parties were preparing to convene in government-formation consultations with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, one mon

VATICAN CITY – This year’s Via Crucis, held annually at the Colosseum on Good Friday, will incorporate significant roles for students as Pope Francis hands over responsibilities to the younger gene

ROME – The Association of the Foreign Press in Rome has elected its first female president for two decades in a move that is being hailed as an important and innovative step forward. 

ROME – The terror cell associated with Anis Amri, the perpetrator of the massacre at a Berlin Christmas market in 2016, considered a strike in the Italian capital itself, with an attack on a metro

ROME – A public prosecutor from the Italian capital has requested harsher sentences for the former head of a neo-fascist terrorist group, his right-hand man and the leader of a similar organisation

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis was due to celebrate Maundy Thursday by visiting the Regina Coeli prison in Rome in the afternoon, symbolically washing the feet of inmates.

ROME – Rome’s council has begun using convicts from prisons to help tackle the capital’s dilapidated parks and roads, in a unique experiment that will be extended to other parts of the country in t

ROME – A vigil of ecumenical prayer was to take place on March 27 at the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere.

ROME – One of Italy’s most recognisable television presenters, Fabrizio Frizzi, died on Sunday night, according to an announcement by his family, at the Sant’Andrea hospital in Rome.