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People crowd Via del Corso shopping street ahead of a Christmas Eve national lockdown due to start on Dec. 24, in Rome.
COVID-19
For many across Europe, Christmas is ‘canceled’ this year
Fossilized tree rings
Climate Change
The history of the world is written in tree rings
Bar owner Cristina Mattioli put up a sign asking patrons not to talk about COVID-19.
At this Roman bar, talk about anything. Just not COVID-19.
Crosses bearing tags with names are seen in a graveyard of the Flaminio Cemetery, in Rome, Italy, Oct. 16, 2020.
Reproductive rights
In Italy, religious organizations’ ‘fetus graves’ reignite abortion debate
A screenshot from Liberian Italian artist Karima 2G's 2014 music video, "Bunga Bunga," in which she raps about racism and objectification of women.
Protest
This Liberian Italian beatmaker uses music to tackle racism in Italy
Pope Francis leads Mass and the Regina Coeli prayer in Rome's Santo Spirito in Sassia church without public participation due to an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Rome, April 19, 2020.
COVID-19
Catholic Twitter debates Trump’s handling of coronavirus pandemic
A stone bridge is shown lined with people weaing protective face masks and applauding.
COVID-19
Masked and gloved, Italy joins nations creeping out of lockdown
Rev. Giuseppe Corbari in a small town in Lombardy printed out pictures of his congrgants and placed them on the pews so he'd feel less alone. 
COVID-19
Amid lockdown, churches find creative ways to keep in touch with the masses
Megan Iacobini de Fazio is a freelance journalist who works from home in Torpignattara, Italy.
COVID-19
Living under lockdown in the Eternal City
A woman is shown wearing a white jacket and a face mask is shown standing in the middle of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II taking a photograph.
COVID-19
Streets deserted as Italy imposes unprecedented coronavirus lockdown
Soccer field
As racist incidents mount, European soccer officials vow to do more
Columns, foundations, and churches spread out around the city of Rome on a sunny day.
Is Trump the new Nero?
Shadows of tourists are cast across a papal crest on the floor
Conflict & Justice
Unsealed records of Pope Pius XII could shed light on Vatican’s turbulent postwar years
An entrance of the North Korean embassy is pictured in Rome with a sign in both English and Korean reading "Embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
A North Korea diplomat in Italy is missing, a South Korean MP says
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Religion
‘The conservatives have declared war’: Inside the accusations upending the Catholic Church
steve bantou in front of a large American flag
US Diplomacy
Steve Bannon’s ‘The Movement’ is an umbrella group of anti-establishment, populist parties in Europe
5-Star party supporters gather in Piazza del Popolo
Global Politics
The radical populist party that shook Italy’s establishment
The Shard stands 95 stories tall in the heart of London on the banks of the River Thames.
Culture
New book explains the secrets behind famous skyscrapers, other structures
Wrong beach? Ceasar's forces first landed in Britain in 55BC.
Conflict
Wrong beach? Two British towns may not actually be where Caesar landed in 55 B.C.
President of the Chamber of Deputies Laura Boldrini welcomes students from Sicily to the Italian Parliament. Photo from Facebok, October 2, 2017.
Global Politics
This Italian politician wants kids to become ‘fake news hunters’
People wave Catalan flags during a demonstration organized by Catalan pro-independence movements following the imprisonment Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart, in Barcelona, Oct. 21, 2017.
Global Politics
Catalan party threatens ‘massive’ civil disobedience against Spain
venice
Global Politics
Venice prepares for autonomy vote on Sunday
A mural signed by "TV Boy" and depicting Pope Francis and U.S. President Donald Trump kissing, is seen on a wall in downtown Rome, Italy May 11, 2017.
Religion
President Trump and Pope Francis are polar opposites, but …
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One for his first international trip as president, including stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Vatican, Brussels and at the G7 summit in Sicily, from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U
Global Politics
Donald Trump’s first foreign trip is a lot like a pilgrimage. And that’s the point.
Marie Collins (2nd from right), who served as a memer of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, watches as Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley (right) speaks during their briefing at the Holy See’s press office at the Vatican in Rome on May 3,
Justice
The Vatican is ‘all words, no action’ on addressing child sex abuse
Archaeologists have discovered ancient spells buried in the graves of the city of Viminacium.
Culture
Behold the forgotten spells from the tombs of ancient Serbia!
Sleeping Venus
Arts
400 years ago, a trailblazer: Rediscovered, and remembered, today
Virginia Raggi, 5-Star Movement candidate for Rome's mayor, casts her vote at a polling station in Rome, Italy, on June 19, 2016.
Global Politics
After emperors and popes, Rome opts for first woman mayor
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Belief
Pope Francis on the joys and heartache of love
A couple kiss in front of the Pantheon during a demonstration of supporters of same-sex civil union in Rome.
Justice
Protesters in Italy tell lawmakers it’s time to ‘wake up’ and recognize same-sex unions
Culture
In Italy’s markets, this popular yogurt made by migrants tastes great, and has a side of resilience and hope
Coach Salvatore Lisciandrello and some of this year's Liberi Nantes players
Culture
This non-profit group in Italy uses soccer to give migrants hope
Pope Francis signs a declaration during the "Modern Slavery and Climate Change" conference
Global Politics
There’s irony floating over — and on the streets outside of — the mayors meeting in the Vatican
A mother embraces her child next to the Tiburtina train station in Rome.
Conflict
Migrants are sleeping on cardboard outside Italian train stations after EU halts their journey north
Men in orange jumpsuits purported to be Egyptian Christians held captive by the Islamic State (IS) are marched by armed men along a beach said to be near Tripoli, in this still image from an undated video made available on social media on February 15, 201
Conflict
Italy is seeking UN intervention in Libya after jihadist terror threat
Pope Francis sits next to Hindu leader Ndu-Kurukkal SivaSri T. Mahadeva during the Interreligious Encounter in Colombo, Sri Lanka on January 13, 2015.
Global Politics
Pope Francis shows pugnacious side: You’d better not insult my mother
Pope Francis delivers a "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and world) message from the balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Christmas Day of 2014.
Belief
Pope Francis was a huge story in 2014, but a veteran Vatican reporter says the media got a lot wrong
Estella and her four-month-old inside their squat house, which is also the headquarters of CasaPound, Italy's largest neo-Fascist movement. The walls are covered in ultra-nationalist posters.
Global Politics
In job-hungry Italy, neo-Fascists await young migrants
Visitors to the Vatican often overlook the historical significance of the building's floors, which are frequently made from re-purposed bits of ancient history.
Culture
You’d better watch where you walk the next time you visit the Vatican
Pope Francis speaks outside the Castelpetroso sanctuary near Isernia in southern Italy on July 5, 2014. During the speech, he told students that environmental damage was a sin.
Lifestyle & Belief
Why Pope Francis is ‘throwing down a gauntlet’ on environmental destruction
Lifestyle & Belief
Vatican letter told Bishops not to report child abuse
A bronze statue inside the Vatican of the late Pope John Paul II, who died in 2005 and became a saint on April 27, 2014.
Lifestyle & Belief
Want to become a saint without dying for the cause? It’s not easy
Business, Economics and Jobs
Looking for a slick new ride? Italy’s government has got a deal for you
Business, Economics and Jobs
Looking for a slick new ride? Italy’s government has got a deal for you
USS Nimitz
Global Scan
Iranians build an American aircraft carrier, sort of
Jerome Kerviel
Business, Economics and Jobs
A disgraced French trader walks home from his meeting with the pope — to Paris
Jerome Kerviel
Business, Economics and Jobs
A disgraced French trader walks home from his meeting with the pope — to Paris
Arts, Culture & Media
These are the Oscar contenders for Best Foreign Language Film
In a new Frontline documentary, director Antony Thomas goes inside the Vatican to reveal secrets of the institution.
Lifestyle & Belief
A Frontline documentary exposes the Vatican’s ‘secrets’ under Pope Benedict
Global Scan
Sochi hires a pest control company to ‘solve’ its stray dog problem
Spaghetti alla carbonara
Arts, Culture & Media
Why you shouldn’t mess with carbonara
Music teacher Adriano Caroletti coaches 3rd graders during their preparatory year at the Schola Puerorum in Rome.
Arts, Culture & Media
This Vatican school trains boys for the Pope’s choir
Pope Francis after his selection in March.
Lifestyle & Belief
Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ has moved fast to rebrand Catholicism
Global Scan
Caught in a bad romance?
Global Politics
Italy’s PM says he’s stuck in Groundhog Day as his government also grinds to a halt
The Prudential Center Food Court
Lifestyle & Belief
After the attack in Nairobi, will going to the mall ever feel the same?
Mastering The Art of Soviet Cooking (Photo: Anya von Bremzen)
Arts, Culture & Media
A Soviet Memoir From the Standpoint of the Stomach
Development & Education
Pope Francis Gets Hip With His New Ride: a 20-Year-Old Renault
Global Politics
European Union prepares to adopt 24th official language as costs mount, calls for English rise
Lifestyle & Belief
New Pope Francis gets less than warm greeting from Venezuela