ROME–Since “heritage has become a vital global business,” archaeology in Italy must generate sustainable economic benefits,  Peter Gould, visiting Professor at American University of Rome, says.

 ROME--The Helsinki art gallery AVA is promoting a stunning exhibition of 12 contemporary Finnish artists whose work is on display in Rome for just three weeks from Feb 3 to 21 at the Galleria: Il

 ROME - Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grande Bellezza” has been announced as part of the 2014 Oscar nominees for Best Foreign Language Film.

NAPLES, FLORIDA-"The only really effective apologia for Christianity comes down to two arguments ... the saints the Church has produced and the art which has grown in her womb." -

ROME - As many as 5.459,000 people visited the Vatican Museums in 2013 and the number is expected to increase in 2014, posing some logistical problems for the tiny city state, the Holy See says.

ROME- Outraged citizens have protested to the mayor of the Eternal City after pigs were photographed grazing in piles of uncollected garbage in the humdrum Boccea district over Christmas.