f you are considering a trip to Italy then you are surely debating the wisdom of whether to travel by train or car. Having just returned from the Tuscany region, I suggest a specific strategy—take the train between major destinations and leave the driving to the quaint, quiet country roads.

Last November, I got a call from Msgr. Donald Sakano, the pastor of the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in Manhattan, about a former parishioner, Dom Quartuccio. Dom was born and raised in Little Italy and has enjoyed a successful career as a commercial photographer. But now, at the age of 90, he was concerned about his legacy.

ERNOBBIO, Italy -- Entertainment is never lacking on the shores of the Como Lake in the beginning of September, when the Italian and European intelligentsia gathers at the Ambrosetti Forum, a sort of Davos that is more European but equally obsessed with participant status. So much so that I counted at least five different entrance colors, each one with strict do's and don'ts. Look under 40 at your own risk.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who is scrambling to shore up his country's economy, is scheduled to visit Chrysler's headquarters Friday.

Italy's prime minister will be cutting the ribbon on a new Italian-American school campus in San Francisco.

Conductor Riccardo Muti's departure from the Rome Opera exposes the cultural crisis that Italy is in, says Jessica Duchen

Indeed, while Milan may be best known for its bi-annual fashion weeks — including Spring 2015, which ends today — the city is gearing up for what may be its most important cultural coming out yet, Expo Milano 2015