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The Irish-Italian Divide & How Enemies Make Peace

Paul Moses

Inter-ethnic peace-making is the ongoing challenge of today’s global societies—in the U.S., in Italy, and elsewhere. We asked Paul Moses, author of the forthcoming An...

Friar Francis, the Exhibit. “Traces, Words, Images.”

I. I.

A unique exhibition for the first time in the U.S. Every year roughly six million tourists, forty per cent of whom are Americans, come to the medieval city of Assisi in the heart...

Two Popes Declared Saint, Paul VI & the Second Vatican Council

Gennaro Matino

On April 27th, two great Popes will be declared Saint: John XXIII and John Paul II. Between them the Second Vatican Council and a great absentee on the day of the canonization,...

Pope Francis: Revolution From Above?

Gennaro Matino

Even a pope with his charisma cannot change it by himself. Pontiff Bergoglio has chartered the course of hope, instilling a feeling in many people—believers and...

Pope Francis Leaves a Mark in Lampedusa

Giulia Madron

“We are Responsible for the death of the ‘undocumented’” For his first trip outside of Rome, Pope Francis chose the Sicilian island, which symbolized last hope for many...

Food for Thought: Not All Popes Resign for the Same Reasons

Ottorino Cappelli

In an interview with Professor Stanislao Pugliese we review an illustrious precedent to Pope Ratzinger’s resignantion—that of Celestine V, who resigned in 1294. Scorned as a...

Pontiff 's Resignation Stuns the World

Judith Harris

The shocking news of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation are followed by speculations over his possible successor. What's behind the decision that has stunned the world this morning?

Vatican Falls: An Uncompromising Look at Power, Conscience and Forgiveness

Natasha Lardera

A fictional work, by playwright Frank J. Avella, based on factual accounts and events, takes on the Catholic sex abuse scandal by chronicling the journey of one sex abuse survivor...

“Telling Naples to the World”. Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe on His Imminent Visit to New York

Ottorino Cappelli

The Cardinal of Naples will be in New York this coming January, where he will meet the Italian community, personalities of the cutural and artistic world, academics, scholars, men...

Saving "Our Lady Of Loreto." Italian Americans and African Americans Join Forces in Protest

The Editors

On March 26th, the front page of The New York Times online edition presented the case of the "Our Lady Of Loreto" church in Brooklyn. Residents have long been fighting the...

Sacred Space, Real Estate, and the Enacted Environment

Joey Skee

Two religious buildings historically associated with Italian-American Catholics face challenges to survive.

Word at the Stadium: Thoughts on Benedict's Appearance at the Baseball Behemoth

Eleonora Mazzucchi

Downtown Manhattan residents weren't too hot on Pope Benedict XVI. But here's the other side of the coin. Outside of Yankee Stadium the crowds waiting for Benedict to pass...

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