Search
Pius Xii: The Verdict Of The Eyewitnesses
Page 8 from 31st August 2007W hen the Nazis occupied Rome in September 1943 Pope Pius )01 endeavoured to save as many Jews as possible. He immediately issued directives to all......
Paul, The First Modern Pope
Page 8 from 1st August 2008N o pope of the 20th century has been more eclipsed by his predecessors and successors than Pope Paul VI. Blessed Pope John XXIII is remembered for......
Pope Calls For Calm As Italy Is Engulfed By Fascism Row
Page 1 from 22nd August 2008BY ANNA ARCO BENtEntcr xvt has entered a fierce political row triggered by a Catholic magazine which claimed that Italy is in danger of returning......
For Once, The Left Is Cheering The Church
Page 5 from 22nd August 20084 1 talians aren't becoming fascists, they already are," a Roman friend tells me. He was only half joking. He and a minority here are growing......
Fear And Loathing In ‘bribesville’
Page 11 from 15th October 2004J R Jolliffe wonders why the citizens of Berlusconi’s Italy tolerate standards in public life that would shame a banana republic Berlusconi’s......
A Local Hero’s Wedding
Page 20 from 10th July 2009Stuart Reid Charterhouse ast week I was in Predappio, in the Romagna, where Benito Mussolini was born and is buried. I was there as an observer,......
Holy See Makes A Break With Italian Law
Page 4 from 9th January 2009BY ANNA ARCO THE VATICAN has decided to stop automatically adopting Italian legislation as soon as it becomes law, amid fears that it may begin to......
Punk Is Hell In New Divine Comedy
Page 5 from 12th January 2007Mark Greaves reports on a novel interpretation of the Dante classic by the Pope's choirmaster THE POPE'S choirmaster has written an opera based on......
Queen's Meeting With Pope A `symbolic Gesture' Says Vatican
Page 1 from 13th October 2000VATICAN AND Buckingham Palace officials have sought to downplay the Queen's fourday visit to Rome, calling it simply an "ecumenical encounter".......
Bishop Criticises Crackdown On Gypsies
Page 5 from 11th July 2008BY CINDY WOODEN THE VATICAN ARCHBISHOP responsible for migrants and travellers has expressed "unease and sadness over the Italian government's......