The Last Prisoner of the Vatican an Encounter with Pope John ...

Rome: Pope Francis was preparing to celebrate an Easter Eve service in St Peter's Basilica on Saturday, and was due to deliver his twice yearly "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) blessing and message on Sunday. The plight of immigrants, the ...

Travel freelance writer Joshual Trudell is quick to acknowledge that he could have easily spent 50 days exploring Rome and not seen all of the historic treasures that the city has to offer. So he picked as many of as he could, including the ...

The procession, which takes place outside the Colosseum in Rome, marks the 14 stops that Catholics believe Jesus made as he was led to his crucifixion. At each stop a prayer is read aloud to the faithful. One prayer, read by Italian actress ...

During an Easter ritual in Rome, Pope Francis washed the feet of a dozen elderly and disabled people including a Libyan Muslim. The 77-year-old bent down with difficulty to wash and kiss the feet of the nine Italians and three foreigners aged ...

Representational Image Rome: Italy's government on Friday said it had raised 371,400 euros ($513,200) so far in an eBay auction of luxury official cars in a symbolic effort to cut outrageous spending by ministries that has sparked public anger. ...

ROME: Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena gave the go-ahead on Friday to a ¤5bn equity raising that will boost its capital and allow it to repay a government bailout this year. The bank said in a statement the share sale would give it a strong ...

Desperate migrants, suicidal failed business owners, battered women, torture victims and all people suffering in the world were remembered at a torch-lit Good Friday Way of the Cross procession presided over by Pope Francis at the Colosseum. With ...

ROME - Pope Francis is presiding over a torch-lit Way of the Cross procession at the Colosseum marking Good Friday in Rome. The pope's resolve to focus the Catholic church's attention on those who suffer was reflected in meditations read aloud to ...

Contributed by NAMPA / Xinhua. By Alessandra Cardone ROME, April 18 (Xinhua) -- In a globalised world, even tourism marketing must keep pace with the times. With this firm belief, the mayor of the Sicilian town of Agrigento recently launched a ...