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Italy

Rome's chief police commissioner gives Pope Francis a bottle of oil to be used in the chrism mass. The oil comes from a garden dedicated to Judge Giovanni Falcone and others who died in an attack by the Sicilian mafia.

Isabella H. de Carvalho

Pope receives chrism oil from garden honoring assassinated anti-mafia judge

SCALA SANCTA

Daniel Esparza

The Scala Sancta: The Holy Stairs of Pilate’s Praetorium

minne della Vergine, Sicilian sweets

V. M. Traverso

How a Sicilian bakery is keeping centuries-old nuns’ recipes alive

NOT FOR REUSE: THE JOURNEY: A Music Special from Andrea Bocelli poster

J-P Mauro

Journey with Andrea Bocelli in thrilling music special this Holy Week

prisoners bars inmates death row

Isabella H. de Carvalho

Popular Italian cracker on sale in USA – thanks to inmates

MIGRANTS; IMMIGRATION; NAUFRAGE; BATEAU

Isabella H. de Carvalho

Italians pray moving Via Crucis on beach where 71 died

Kathleen N. Hattrup

Pope again prays for shipwreck victims off Italy’s south coast

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J-P Mauro

Migrant shipwreck leaves 64 dead, including twin toddlers and few-month-old baby

St Peter's Square at the Vatican

J-P Mauro

Vatican welcomes refugees to Rome through Humanitarian Corridors

Andrea Bocelli documentary, the Journey

J-P Mauro

Andrea Bocelli to release musical documentary this Easter

SANTA MARIA LEUCA

Daniel Esparza

Our Lady of the End of the World: A shrine founded by St. Peter

WEB – CUP001 – The Sacra di San Michele, the symbol of the Italian region of Piedmont, stands in the dawn. In the background are visible mountains of the Val di Susa – shutterstock_640285153

Anne Bernet

How an excommunicated French noble built San Michele della Chiusa, the Italian Mont Saint-Michel

Pesebre iluminado de Manarola en Italia

Maria Paola Daud

This Italian town has the world’s largest illuminated Nativity scene

The Creation of Adam

J-P Mauro

Handshakes return to Italian Church for sign of peace

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I.Media

Pope in his dad’s hometown urges us to be more than spectators of the Cross

Pope Francis during his weekly general audience September 28, 2022

Isabella H. de Carvalho

Pope Francis opens up about old age and his family

EUCHARIST

Kathleen N. Hattrup

Pope prays to Mary for higher birthrate for Italy

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J-P Mauro

84-year-old nun killed in terroist raid on Mozambique Catholic mission

colosseum

Daniel Esparza

What happened to the other half of the Colosseum?

Ark of Saint Dominic

Daniel Esparza

A masterpiece that took 500 years to finish: The Ark of St. Dominic

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