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Pope Francis (C), assisted by Master of Pontifical Liturgical Ceremonies, Italian priest Guido Marini (R), celebrates mass on the occasion of the celebration of the World Day of Consecrated Life at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on February 2, 2021. Andrew Medichini / POOL / AFP

February 5th, 2021 - 09:06 GMT

Pope Francis Moves Forward With a Christian-Muslim Peace Initiative Ahead of Iraq Trip

Pope Francis and a top Sunni Muslim came together virtually Thursday to reinforce a message of fraternity, pressing forward with a broad-based Christian-Muslim peace initiative ahead of Francis’s planned trip to Iraq next month. Thursday marked the first-ever International Day of Human Fraternity, a UN-designated celebration of interfaith and multicultural understanding inspired by a landmark document signed on February 4, 2019 in Abu Dhabi by Francis and Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayyeb ...

In this file photo taken on July 14, 2020, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte wearing a face mask attends a handover ceremony of the piece of art attributed to street artist Banksy, that was stolen at the Bataclan in Paris in 2019, and found in Italy, at the French embassy in Rome. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will resign January 26, 2021, his office said on January 25, 2021, in what media reports said was a move to secure a mandate for a new government after weeks of turmoil. A statement from C

January 27th, 2021 - 06:50 GMT

Italy in Political Crisis as PM Conti Resigns

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January 12th, 2021 - 07:58 GMT

Pope Francis May Cancel His Trip to Iraq Because of COVID-19

Pope Francis celebrates the Easter vigil ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica. (Shutterstock/ File Photo)

January 10th, 2021 - 08:09 GMT

Pope to be Vaccinated For Covid-19, Says Those Against The Jab Are in 'Suicidal Denial'

Some people described the grim discovery as an omen for 2021. (Twitter)

January 3rd, 2021 - 08:04 GMT

Video: New Year Fireworks Kill Hundreds of Birds in Rome

Rome wants to rebuild the floor to give a better impression of what the amphitheatre was like in its bloody heyday when viscous beasts and savage warriors duelled on its sands in front of 35,000 raucous Romans. (AFP)

December 23rd, 2020 - 12:37 GMT

Why Will The Rome Colosseum Get a New Retractable Floor?

Pope Francis, flanked by Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza (L) and Monsignor Luis Maria Rodrigo Ewart (R), attends an audience to deliver his Christmas greetings to the employees of the Vatican, on December 21, 2020 at Paul-VI hall at The Vatican. Vincenzo PINTO / AFP

December 23rd, 2020 - 08:55 GMT

Two Cardinals Close to Pope Francis Test Positive For Covid-19

Austrian Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is seen through a plexiglass screen as he delivers a press statement after a video conference with the provincial governor about the further tightening of lockdown measures, at the Federal Chancellery in Vienna on December 18, 2020. Austria will enter its third coronavirus lockdown between December 26 and January 24, Chancellor Kurz announced on December 18, as the country fights to bring down its infection rate. ALEX HALADA / AFP

December 20th, 2020 - 07:42 GMT

Austria Aims to COVID Test Its Entire 8.8 Million People

Activists of human rights organisation Amnesty International take part in a demonstration in Piazza Castello in Turin on 25 January (AFP/File photo)

December 13th, 2020 - 09:49 GMT

In Absentia: Four Egyptian Agents to be Tried For Murdering Italian Student

The trial will likely reveal more details about Regeni's horrific death, with his body badly mutilated by torture (AFP/File photo)

December 3rd, 2020 - 09:16 GMT

Cairo Closes File on Murdered Italian But Rome Charges 6 Egyptian Security in Absentia

A protestor holds a banner reading "Where is president Mattarella" as owners of pubs, bars, restaurant and the activities affected by the measures to contain the Coronavirus COVID-19 as they protest in front of the Regione Lazio headquarters in Rome on October 28, 2020. Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP

October 29th, 2020 - 10:11 GMT

Violent Anti-lockdown Protests Continue Across Europe

Pope Francis takes off his face mask prior to delivering a speech during a ceremony for peace with representatives from various religions in Campidoglio Square in Rome on October 20, 2020. Andreas SOLARO / AFP

October 28th, 2020 - 07:00 GMT

Pope Francis Says He Will No Longer Wear a Mask, Vatican Greatly Worried!

People sit at a restaurant's terrace in downtown Rome as a waiter looks on, on October 25, 2020, as the country faces a second wave of infections to the Covid-19 (the novel coronavirus). (AFP/File)

October 26th, 2020 - 06:57 GMT

Italian Protesters Rally Against Rome's Coronavirus Rules

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