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Seven Italian priests have reportedly died of coronavirus
A Catholic priest has died in Italy from coronavirus, and local Italian media reported Sunday the death of several others.... Read more
Coronavirus quarantine: How Catholics in Italy are helping the poor
While Italy is under nationwide quarantine to combat the coronavirus pandemic, Catholic charities throughout the country are doing what they... Read more
Pope Francis offers Mass for prisoners after Italian prison riots
Following prison riots in Italy, Pope Francis offered Mass for prisoners and persecuted Christians on Wednesday during his livestreamed daily... Read more
Wine flows from water faucets in Italian village
As Italy weathers the spread of coronavirus, residents of one village appeared to witness their own version of the miracle... Read more
'Life is always beautiful': What 81 years and 6,000 babies have taught Flora Gualdani
In more than 40 years, Flora Gualdani delivered an estimated 6,000 babies, sometimes in the most difficult circumstances life can... Read more
Italy's bishops: Society loses 'light of reason' with legalization of euthanasia
Pro-life advocates are decrying the ruling of an Italian court this week that decriminalized euthanasia and assisted suicide in the... Read more
Italy's fledgling pro-life movement finds inspiration in US abortion fight
The Italian March for Life was held Saturday as thousands of people from Italy and around the world rallied and... Read more
Pope Francis: Bishops who do not know their priests weaken the Church
Pope Francis said Monday that each bishop has a duty to have a strong, close relationship with his priests with... Read more
Venice illuminated in red for Asia Bibi, persecuted Christians
To express solidarity with persecuted Christians, including Asia Bibi, a Pakistani woman recently acquitted of blasphemy, the city of Venice... Read more
Archbishop Vigano ordered to pay 2m euro to brother in inheritance dispute
An Italian court has ordered Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò to pay back nearly 2 million euro of inheritance, plus interest... Read more
Italy should get back taxes from Vatican, court rules
Catholic leaders are open to discussing with the Italian government a court ruling saying Italy has the right to recover... Read more
Mother Clelia Merloni, ‘a woman of pardon,’ to be beatified
Mother Clelia Merloni, a 20th-century Italian religious sister and founder of the women’s institute of the Apostles of the Sacred... Read more
Italian bishops receive 100 Eritrean migrants stranded at port
The Italian bishops’ conference will accept the majority of African migrants who have spent 10 days stranded on a coast... Read more
Analysis: What's behind a sex scandal in the Italian Church
The recent outing of gay priests by a male prostitute has shocked the Italian Church and prompted several dioceses to... Read more
Eucharistic miracle? Hosts found intact in church destroyed by earthquake
Almost a year and a half after an August 2016 earthquake in the central area of the Italy, a tabernacle... Read more
Interview with an exorcist- 'The Devil and Father Amorth'
A documentary on the ministry of Father Gabriele Amorth, popularly known as the “Vatican exorcist,” will be released this spring.... Read more
Pope Francis makes surprise visit to sick children
In yet another “Mercy Friday” outing, Pope Francis this afternoon traveled to the outskirts of Rome to visit sick children... Read more
Dumpster diving for the poor - How an Italian woman is feeding hungry families
After rummaging through supermarket dumpsters, 79-year-old Marta loads 90 pounds of edible food onto her bicycle every day. Three times... Read more
Papal All Souls' Day Mass will be at cemetery for American war dead
Pope Francis will visit on Thursday an Italian cemetery for American personnel killed in World War II, where he will... Read more
Pope invites prisoners to lunch, they break free instead
They were supposed to be having lunch with Pope Francis. Read more
