Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti

Meet the ‘holy mayor’ behind Pope Francis’s Mediterranean strategy

• Jul 9, 2023
• John L. Allen Jr.

Top Italian cardinal calls ‘inhumane’ Ukraine war ‘useless massacre’

• Mar 23, 2022
• Elise Ann Allen

Top Italian prelate laments ‘mad war’ in Ukraine, calls it a ‘failure of politics and humanity’

• Feb 28, 2022
• Inés San Martín

Synod on synodality a stepping-stone for Italian bishops’ own national consultation

• Oct 20, 2021
• Elise Ann Allen

Perugia parish rattled by child porn case gets new pastor

• Sep 11, 2021
• Elise Ann Allen

Italy’s top prelate visits Perugia parish whose pastor was arrested

• Aug 6, 2021
• Elise Ann Allen

Priest in Perugia arrested on charges of child porn, prostitution

• Aug 5, 2021
• Elise Ann Allen

Despite Vatican protest, anti-homophobia bill survives hurdles in Italian senate

• Jul 14, 2021
• Elise Ann Allen

If this is Vatican reform, some are wondering what’s really changed

• May 27, 2021
• John L. Allen Jr.

Church is impartial, focusing on well-being of all, Italian cardinal says

• Jan 31, 2021
• Carol Glatz