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Italy’s radical Islam problem highlighted in undercover documentary

April 04, 2024

A recent undercover investigation by an Italian news program has cast a troubling light on problems being caused by radical Islam in Italy, and which are gradually changing the fabric of society in a country that used to be a bastion of Catholicism in Europe. Aired by the Italian news programme Fuori dal Coro (Outside the Chorus)

‘For Love of My People, I Will Not Stay Silent’: Italian priest whose ‘martyrdom’ inspired locals to speak out against organised crime

March 19, 2024

ROME – Thirty years ago today, a young Italian priest was gunned down by a mafia hitman as he was preparing to say Mass, thereby giving his life for his people. In itself, perhaps, there’s nothing especially unique about that, since scores of Christian martyrs of all eras, both clergy and lay, have done exactly

Is the Pope after an ‘Assisi on the Tiber’ to promote his spiritual vision

January 23, 2024

Mikhail Gorbachev once declared that while he remained an atheist, he had to admit that Soviet Communism had never produced anyone quite like Saint Francis, the Poor Man of Assisi, and his universal humanistic appeal. The former Soviet premier, who visited Assisi in 2008, is one in a long list of global figures who’ve been

Pope has chosen where he wants to be buried

December 13, 2023

Pope Francis addressed concerns about his health in a recent interview while discussing plans for his own funeral and burial in a different location to the majority of his papal predecessors. After having to cancel a 1 – 3 December trip to Dubai for a United Nations climate summit due to health issues, the Pope

Rubens and the Classical world

August 12, 2022

She demonstrates his transformative power as a painter to endow ancient prototypes with emotion, sensuality and drama, for he had an active, creative and dynamic approach to Antiquity.

Rome, the teacher of error, has become the disciple of truth

June 29, 2021

For these are the men, through whom the light of Christ’s gospel shone on thee, O Rome, and through whom thou, who wast the teacher of error, wast made the disciple of Truth.

The eternal tourist trap

June 01, 2021

Travellers to Rome are all too easily fleeced, but play  your cards right and you can bypass the heaving  crowds and overpriced cafes

St George: The soldier-saint of which little is known for sure

April 23, 2021

St George (April 23) is patron saint not only of England, but also Russia, Palestine, Greece and Catalonia