
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has asked people to pray for victims of recent storms, flooding and other bad weather in the United States, Britain and South America. During his public audience Wednesday in St. Peter’s Square, Francis told
by AP30 Dec 2015, 7:04 AM PST0

In its latest video, the Islamic State portrays its vision of the end of the world culminating in an epic battle with the West waged in Rome.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.14 Dec 2015, 8:51 AM PST0

JERUSALEM – The global Jews for Jesus organization has denounced the Vatican for its recent pronouncement instructing the Catholic Church to refrain from to converting Jews to Christianity, saying that the Vatican is pandering to Jewish leaders. David Brickner, the
by Breitbart Jerusalem14 Dec 2015, 6:12 AM PST0

In anticipation of the millions of pilgrims expected to come to Rome during the Jubilee Year, Rome authorities have initiated a counterterrorism program designed to instruct taxi drivers in the art of recognizing suspicious activities that could signal terroristic intent.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.8 Dec 2015, 4:42 AM PST0

Historical souvenir vendors from the oldest Roman Jewish families took to the streets this week in protest of new regulations that forbid street vendors from selling their wares near the Vatican. Though ostensibly a security measure, the vendors—called urtisti—see the
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.6 Dec 2015, 6:36 AM PST0

Italian counterterrorism forces are taking no chances of an incident for the opening of the holy door of Saint Peter’s Basilica on December 8 and have prohibited the transport of fuel and natural gas in the city, as well as ammunition, weapons, and toxic gases.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.5 Dec 2015, 3:34 PM PST0

Virtually every newspaper in Italy had the California shooting splashed across its front page Thursday, often in tandem with pieces on the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), as Italians grapple with the possibilities of violent Islamist assault on their own territory.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.3 Dec 2015, 1:11 PM PST0

In a surprise early morning police raid Tuesday, some 60 Italian cops in riot gear, accompanied by police dogs, entered a refugee welcome centre in Rome asking to see the papers of those staying there, and arrested 27 undocumented individuals from Maghreb,
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.26 Nov 2015, 8:19 AM PST0

In a public manifestation in Rome on Saturday, several hundred Muslims came from all over Italy to protest the actions of the Islamic State, calling it a “cancer” and insisting that it did not represent the position of Islam.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.22 Nov 2015, 6:09 PM PST0

For the second time in just three days, the U.S. Embassy to Italy has alerted American citizens to a serious security threat, this time regarding an “armed individual” at large on the streets of Rome.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.20 Nov 2015, 8:32 AM PST0

ROME — The State Department is warning that St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Milan’s cathedral and La Scala opera house, as well as “general venues” like churches, synagogues, restaurants, theaters and hotels have been identified as “potential targets” in those
by AP19 Nov 2015, 3:47 AM PST0

The left-wing of Catholicism just concluded a two-year campaign to convince the universal Church to change its teachings on marriage, divorce, communion, and homosexuality.
by Austin Ruse25 Oct 2015, 6:10 PM PST0

Embroiled in a financial scandal and hemorrhaging support from members of his own party, the mayor of Rome, former surgeon Ignazio Marino, resigned Thursday evening, saying that he only had “the best interests of Italy’s capital” at heart.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.9 Oct 2015, 7:05 AM PST0

The German reformer Martin Luther, who once said that the Church of Rome was “the most lawless den of thieves, the most shameless of all brothels, the very kingdom of sin, death and hell,” will now have a square named after him in the Eternal City.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.26 Aug 2015, 6:57 AM PST0

Roman mayor Ignazio Marino has said the city has become too “overcrowded”, as it is now a major destination for the thousands of migrants flowing into the country from beyond the Mediterranean. One fifth of all migrants entering Italy now end up
by Oliver Lane5 Aug 2015, 7:46 AM PST0

Adding to Rome’s worst July heat wave in recorded history is a series of delays on public transportation due to strikes, along with no union agreement for the upcoming Jubilee Year in which some 33 million pilgrims are expected to visit the Eternal City.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.30 Jul 2015, 11:34 AM PST0

Despite repeated threats, local police seem powerless to stop tourists from taking a plunge into Roman fountains in one of Rome’s hottest summers on record.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.23 Jul 2015, 6:19 PM PST0

A city ordinance banning the use of horses to pull the traditional carriages around Rome went into effect Thursday, in response to a wave of 100+ degree weather that is said to threaten the horses’s lives.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.17 Jul 2015, 10:04 PM PST0

Early Wednesday morning, an anti-mafia squad seized possession of a well-known restaurant in Rome’s historic district, a block from the Pantheon, believed to be owned and operated by the Italian mafia.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.15 Jul 2015, 6:44 AM PST0

A crazed Brazilian man dressed in black ran along the main road outside the Roman Colosseum Monday afternoon, brandishing a butcher knife with an 8-inch blade and screaming “Allah is great,” according to eyewitnesses.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.14 Jul 2015, 7:46 PM PST0

Despite a torrential downpour, an estimated 500,000 people gathered Saturday in Rome under the banner of “Family Day,” protesting gender ideology and LGBT programs in schools and reaffirming the nature of marriage as the lifelong union of one man and one woman.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.21 Jun 2015, 8:00 PM PST0

Parents from the north of Italy have organized a massive demonstration against gender ideology in schools called “Defend Our Children,” to be held this Saturday in the Saint John Lateran Square in Rome. The demonstrators will be protesting Italian educational programs that are meant to blur the sexual identity of children.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.17 Jun 2015, 5:01 AM PST0

The immigration crisis affecting Italy reached boiling-point yesterday. A build-up of asylum-seekers at major train stations in both Rome and Milan led to clashes with police and calls from angry politicians demanding EU assistance. AFP reports that over the course of the week
by Sarkis Zeronian13 Jun 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

Russian President Vladimir Putin used his trip to Italy to attempt to persuade Italian officials to end the sanctions against his country, which he claims hurt Italian businesses. He also snuggled close with disgraced politician Silvio Berlusconi.
by Mary Chastain11 Jun 2015, 9:47 AM PST0

A subway train bumped into another one ahead of it at a station in southern Rome on Friday, throwing passengers to the floor and injuring a dozen people. Passengers emerging from the station reported feeling the impact, seeing sparks and
by AP5 Jun 2015, 8:26 AM PST0