The Pope's special envoy is in Kiev today and tomorrow to begin talks aimed at creating the conditions for achieving peace between Russia and Ukraine
Either the Italians give Ukraine the necessary weapons to counter Russia or they risk having to go directly to the front: Ukrainian President Zelensky could not have been clearer than this
Russia's "crazy" war against Ukraine, the Covid that has not yet been won, Italy's ability to react to difficulties and to grow more than other European countries were at the center of the year-end message of the…
First papal palace, then the palace of kings and since 1946 the symbol of the Italian Republic. The historic Palazzo del Quirinale has seen the protagonists of Italian history of the last 400 years move in its evocative rooms. On the eve of the election of the President of the…
It was 18:18 pm on 16 October 1978 when the white smoke from the Sistine Chapel announced the new Pope: the Pole Karol Wojtyla who became one of the protagonists of the international scene which in 1989 saw the fall of the Wall…
The first visit of the American president to Italy has ended: in Rome he met the Pope, then the conversation with Sergio Mattarella and breakfast with Prime Minister Gentiloni.
The US president, who arrived in the city yesterday, is meeting today with the Pope, the President of the Republic and Prime Minister Gentiloni - Security alert, inconvenience to the road system - Protest procession in Piazza Bologna in the evening.
Some tension and 122 arrested in Rome but no clashes on the day of the European summit and demonstrations for and against the EU - All was calm even during Pope Francis' visit to the Lombard metropolis.
The deputy general manager and COO, Paolo Fiorentino, will leave the group together with the financial director Bernardo Mingrone - Mustier: "It is the first step in the reorganization of the bank" - Title closes the stock market session in the red.
The Bianconeri want to make history: no one has ever won the Scudetto and Cup for two consecutive years - The Rossoneri, on the other hand, want to save the season and enter the Europa League - On paper there is no match and Juve are…
Between Thursday and Friday, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi receives a visit from the German Chancellor and also from Juncker, Tusk and Schulz: on Friday they will all be guests of Pope Francis in the Vatican.
At 9.30 today the opening of the Holy Door - Thus officially kicks off the Jubilee of Mercy, desired by Pope Francis: it will last until November 20, 2016 - Maximum security in Rome, agents deployed in every corner of the…
Two big news were announced yesterday for the taxman - Prime Minister Renzi announced that, if Europe does not regulate the matter in time, from 2017 Italy will introduce the digital tax to finally make the giants pay taxes...
According to a study conducted by Sapienza and released by the Chamber of Commerce of Rome, the Jubilee called by Pope Francis would lead to an increase in the capital's GDP of 2,4% and of the national one by 0,7% - The arrival of 30…
"The lesson of the global financial crisis has not been learned - wrote the Pontiff in the Encyclical published today, speaking on economic issues - and the lesson of environmental deterioration is being learned very slowly".
Historic day for the USA and Cuba: after 52 years the Wall of the Cold War falls and Obama and Raul Castro announce the resumption of diplomatic relations and the end of the embargo - The role of Pope Francis in launching a new…
Pope Francis points the finger at requests for money for masses, baptisms and blessings: "There are only two things that the people of God cannot forgive: a priest attached to money and a priest who mistreats people"…
The Interreligious Match for Peace will be played in Rome on XNUMX September, a friendly match wanted by Pope Francis to send a message of brotherhood - The match was organized by the Pupi Foundation and Scholas Occurentes and sponsored…
By now 10 Palestinians have been displaced from Beit Lahya after Israel announced a land attack, urging the population to leave their homes - Abu Mazen asks for UN intervention - Kerry: "US ready to help…
In Asia, Korea is the country with the highest percentage of Christians, and the Pope will visit it in August. To prepare for the event, a South Korean crew came to Italy to shoot a two-hour documentary about Pope Francis.
The IOR will align itself with international rules with the introduction of "a broad and articulated legal and institutional structure aimed at regulating financial activities within the Holy See and the Vatican City State" - But supervision remains in…
“I am a great admirer of yours, thank you for having me. It was a great honour", said the American leader as he took his leave of the Pope - As for Obama's visit to Colle, today is the fifth time that the two…
Here is the agenda for the visit of the US president, who landed yesterday in Fiumicino: first the meeting with Pope Francis - Followed by the visit to Napolitano and the expected face-to-face with Prime Minister Renzi - Finally, a private visit to the Colosseum.
The number one of the White House will be in the Vatican on March 27 to meet Pope Francis, "with whom he will discuss their common commitment to the fight against poverty and growing inequalities" - Obama will also meet the President of the Republic, Giorgio…
New US financial and communication consultants arrive at the Vatican - They will have to put the accounts in order and bring "the principles of the Gospel" into the economic activities of the Church
Romano Prodi celebrates Nino Andreatta at the presentation of the book by Quadrio Curzio and Rotondi published by Il Mulino with a preface by Enrico Letta which is entitled "An eclectic economist" and which is dedicated to the former minister of the Treasury - "Today -…
The Istituto per le Opere di Religione makes its financial statements public for the first time in its 125-year history, inaugurating the Vatican's transparency operation: 2012 closed with a net profit of 86,7 million euros -…
Monsignor Mario Toso, head of the Justice and Peace department at the Holy See, let the Vatican know on Monday morning that "the conflict in Syria contains all the ingredients to explode into a war of global dimensions".
"You are champions, but remember first of all that you are men": this is the message launched by Pope Francis on the eve of the luxury friendly dedicated to him between Italy and Argentina - Messi and Balotelli will not be in the match, as they go down to…
The Standard Ethics agency has updated the EE- rating on Vatican City State with a positive outlook - The very recent measures in the financial sector and transparency move openly in the direction of the 2003 United Nations Convention - Modernization…
During the mass celebrated in the Domus Santa Marta this morning, the Pontiff spoke of the IOR: "The Church is not an NGO, it is a love story. Bureaucracy and the IOR are necessary up to a certain point but they must not…
On the occasion of the five hundredth anniversary of the election of Pope Leo X to the papal throne, the Museo delle Cappelle Medicee in Florence celebrates the figure of the pontiff with an exhibition open to the public from 26 March.
World leaders will pay their first tribute to Pope Francis tomorrow. Joe Biden, Mariano Rajoy, Angela Merkel and many representatives of the non-Catholic Christian Churches and other Orthodox delegations. All ready to attend the official start of the pontificate.
From his modest origins to his conservative tendencies, from tensions with the Kirchner government to his support for San Lorenzo: the international press and social networks pay homage to the new Pontiff, the Argentinean Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR GIULIO SAPELLI, Catholic-inspired intellectual: "It's a very positive choice: Bergoglio is an extraordinary person" - "He has always been involved in charity rather than economics but he was able to counter political power in Argentina, when he exploited…
The election of the new Pope, after the resignation of Benedict XVI, is attracting the interest of online bettors, for a turnover of around 12 million euros - Scola is the favourite, but neither he nor Bertone are convincing, while the eyes ( and the…