Category - Italy

Protests at forced eviction of Roma people in Italian capital

agency reporter — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:52:13 +0000

Amid growing concern about the victimisation of travelling people across Europe, human rights activists have condemned the forced eviction of a community of some 400 Roma people in the Italian capital, Rome.

US Episcopal head remembers earthquake victims in Italy Easter visit

agency reporter — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:00:51 +0100

Remembering the earthquake that devastated the Italian town of L'Aquila in the Abruzzi region, US Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori marked Easter Day in Florence.

Pope seeks to defend church-state concordat in Italy

staff writers — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:51:10 +0100

Pope Benedict has used the occasion of the official receipt of the credentials for the new Italian ambassador to the Holy See to issue a defence of the alliance of church and state, an arrangement facing increasing criticism in a plural, post-Christendom Europe.

When nuns attack! A convent tale from Italy

staff writers — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:05:23 +0100

The peace and tranquility associated with religious life has been rudely punctured in a convent in Italy, which is being shut down after a fight between its last three remaining nuns - in a dispute which has resulted in a letter to the Pope.