May 4, 2022 Pope, Japanese PM discuss nuclear weapons after North Korea missile fires into Sea of Japan Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with Pope Francis for a private conversation Wednesday, the same day a ballistic missile was fired into the Sea of Japan.
April 10, 2022 Pope Francis denounces ‘folly of war’ in Palm Sunday homily Pope Francis indirectly referenced Russia's war on Ukraine in his Palm Sunday homily, saying the "folly of war" leads people to commit "senseless acts of cruelty."
April 6, 2022 Fire breaks out at Italian lake villa owned by member of Putin's inner circle A fire that broke out Wednesday at a villa near Lake Como, Italy, which is owned by Putin propagandist Vladimir Solovyev, is reportedly being investigated as an act of protest.
April 1, 2022 Pope Francis begs forgiveness for 'deplorable' abuses to native children in Canada schools Pope Francis on Friday made a historic apology to Indigenous Peoples for the “deplorable” abuses they suffered in Canada’s Catholic-run residential schools and said he hoped to visit Canada in late July to deliver the apology in person to survivors of the church's misguided missionary zeal.
March 24, 2022 Italy to miss World Cup again after loss to North Macedonia European champion Italy will miss the World Cup. Again.
March 21, 2022 Vatican defends hasty rollout of revolutionary laity reform Vatican officials defended Pope Francis' most recent reform of the Holy See bureaucracy in which any believer - whether male or female - can head a Vatican office.
March 13, 2022 Bus full of Ukrainian refugees overturns in Italy; 1 killed A bus carrying approximately 50 Ukrainian refugees overturned on a northern Italian highway early Sunday, killing one passenger.
March 13, 2022 Russia’s war idles some European mills as energy costs soar Italy has been forced to halt major industry production, including paper, due to skyrocketing gas prices amid Russian-Ukrainian war.
February 25, 2022 Pope cancels Florence visit, Ash Wednesday due to knee pain Pope Francis has canceled a scheduled Sunday visit to Florence, Italy, and will not preside over Ash Wednesday commemorations next week because of what the Vatican described Friday as a flareup of “acute” knee pain.
February 23, 2022 Italian city fundraises to pay retirees' rising energy bills Amid soaring energy costs across Europe, officials at Palazzo Vecchio — the building that serves as Florence’s city hall as well as a museum —-have teamed up with a local nonprofit to help fixed-income retirees keep their power on through an "Adopt-a-Bill" fundraising campaign.