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Sorrentino Presents his First-Ever TV Series at the Venice Film Festival

Federico Ghelli

The Oscar-winning director presented the first two episodes of 'The Young Pope,' the fictional account on the first American pope.

Amoris Laetitia: Modernization Without Revolution

Gennaro Matino

After the two synods on the family convened in October 2014 and 2015, the publication of Pope Francis’s highly anticipated apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, or “The Joy...

Migrants Make Headlines (and the News Isn't All Bad)

Judith Harris

The problems related to migration still capture headlines, but Italy is successfully spearheading the European Union toward revision of its outmoded ruling that migrants apply for...

The Challenge of Change

Martha Ciampi

Back in 1992 Rome-based correspondent David Willey published his book God’s Politician, reflecting his 50 trips worldwide with Pope John Paul II. Another of his books, Italians,...

President Mattarella: "Terrorists Will Not Steal Our Way of life"

Judith Harris

In the usually jam-packed St. Peter's square Wednesday, a surprisingly low number attended the pontiff's general audience. As this indicates, although less vulnerable than France...

Vatileaks, Round Two

Judith Harris

All eyes this week were turned across the Tiber and toward St. Peter's, where Pope Francis has stumbled twice in the past 10 days, and the Church itself has been bruised by two...

​"The Pope is Like Us"

Letizia Airos

Receiving Pope Francis' message of simplicity among everyday people​

The Message of a ‘Migrant Pope’ in the Americas

Gennaro Matino

We can’t become men without engaging our fellow man. That seems to be the slogan of Pope Francis’ trip to the United States, during which he will become the first pope in...

Can Francis Dismantle the Opposition?

Mons. Gennaro Matino

Nevertheless, only a new Council can grant Francis the ability to ensure global reform and fulfill the proposals of the Second Vatican Council. He needs the support of the entire...

Fratti's The Vatican Knows (About the Kidnapping of that Young Woman)

Natasha Lardera

Playing at the the Theater for the New City until October 20, Mario Fratti's latest is a personal vision of a possible scenario in which terrorists plot to kidnap a young woman...

Pope, Peace and 100,000 at Prayer

Judith Harris

One hundred thousand people converged in St. Peter's Square Saturday evening in response to Pope Francis's appeal to believers, including Muslims, and non-believers as well, to...

Vatican at the Biennale: Where Sacred and Profane Art Meet

Judith Harris

For the first time in the 110-year history of the Venice Biennale, open June 1 through Nov. 24, the sovereign state of the Vatican will have its own pavilion within the Arsenale....

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