Church in Italy Archives

Religious figures to have vaccine site in Italy

Apr 4, 2021

Priests, nuns and other people living in community settings are among the vaccination priority groups permitted under Italy’s revised national rollout.

By Associated Press

Italy goes into lockdown for Easter holiday

Apr 4, 2021

Italy entered a three-day nationwide coronavirus lockdown Saturday to deter Easter travel and get-togethers even as the country’s variant-fueled spike in new infections began to wane.

By Nicole Winfield and Andrea Rosa

Singing hymns through masks, Christians mark pandemic Easter

Apr 4, 2021

Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with faithful sitting far apart in pews and singing choruses of “Hallelujah” through face coverings on a second Easter Sunday conditioned by pandemic precautions.

By Frances D'Emilio

Protests grow in Italy over the wiretapping of journalists

Apr 3, 2021

Italian journalists and lawmakers on Friday protested the wiretapping of reporters’ phone calls during investigations into Libya-based migrant trafficking and humanitarian rescue groups.

By Associated Press

Naples archbishop orders removal of paintings donated by mafia boss

Mar 31, 2021

Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples ordered the removal from a church of two religious paintings that were donated by a mafia boss who led one of the prominent clans in the Camorra crime syndicate.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Italy sees worst gap between births, deaths since 1918 Spanish flu

Mar 31, 2021

With Italy already facing a diminishing population, low birth rates and fewer religious and civil marriages, the COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted those numbers for 2020, according to the Italian National Institute of Statistics.

By Carol Glatz

Italian bishops plan synodal path to overcome ‘stale’ structures

Mar 26, 2021

This week the Italian bishops set to work on the initial preparations of their upcoming “synodal journey,” which was explicitly asked for by Pope Francis and will likely aim to get Catholics in the country on the same page with the pope’s agenda.

By Elise Ann Allen

Italy court blocks Bannon-linked plans for populist academy

Mar 16, 2021

Italy’s top administrative court has ruled against a conservative think tank affiliated with former White House adviser Steve Bannon over its use of a 13th century hilltop monastery to train future populist leaders, a decision Bannon denounced Tuesday as a politically motivated “joke.”

By Nicole Winfield