Pope allegedly used derogatory term for gay people Pope Francis reportedly used highly derogatory language in a private meeting at the Italian Bishops’ Conference when…
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Europe’s ‘coffee capital’ is a hidden gem Italian city with flights for just £48 Aperitifs at sundown, quaint streets, and Italian sunshine. Sound familiar? Nope,…
The investigation conducted by the Carabinieri Investigative Unit and the prosecutor’s office in Catania has uncovered a pact between some administrators of the Municipality of…
The National Anti-Mafia Prosecutor, Giovanni Melillo, has called for no further reductions in sentences for inmates convicted of mafia and terrorism-related crimes. This request was…
France’s top court on Tuesday annulled a lower court decision to extradite Edgardo Greco, a convicted mafia killer-turned-pizza chef who has been on the run since 2006, to Italy.
Condemning the ‘commercialisation’ of pregnancy, he said the life of an unborn child must not be ‘suppressed or turned into an object of trafficking’.
A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5 ½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice system.
“This is the first cardinal to be prosecuted in a Vatican criminal court”, said FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Rome, Italy, Seema Gupta.” Cardinal Angelo Becciu is the most senior Vatican official to face such charges; “the 75-year-old cardinal was a former advisor to Pope Francis, so he was somebody who would meet with the pope and he was seen as a papal contender”.
New finds in central Italy suggest ordinary Roman towns were still ‘thriving’ in the 3rd century – when the Empire’s power was crumbling.
The 74-year-old had missed an email asking for further proof of living in the UK as it went to her junk folder.
The New Silk Road Project: Italy quits the Chinese infrastructure project Italy has quit the Chinese infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) -…
‘Enemy or friend it doesn’t matter, he must be honoured.’
Italy to seize $835m from Airbnb in tax evasion inquiry An Italian judge has ordered the seizure of €779.5m from Airbnb over alleged tax evasion. …
‘The prefect has called an urgent meeting with the police to investigate the origin of the liquid.’