Post-pandemic world must not return to selfish 'normality,' pope says
- Sep 30, 2020
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Migrants overwhelm Italian island; islanders launch protest
- Aug 30, 2020
The arrival of hundreds of migrants crammed into a rickety fishing boat has worsened the severe overcrowding at shelters on a tiny Italian island, triggering an angry demonstration by islanders and a vow Sunday by the mayor to call a protest strike.
Church spars with Sicily government over migrant expulsion order
- Aug 26, 2020
Church leaders in Sicily have criticized the directive of a local political to expel all migrants in the region and close reception centers on the alleged basis of public safety amid the coronavirus, calling the move hypocritical, discriminatory and dangerous.
Italian tragedy highlights gap between rhetoric and reality on the mafia
- Jul 19, 2019
A recent tragedy in the small Italian town of Vittoria highlights a gap between the anti-mafia rhetoric of recent popes and occasional ambivalence from the Church on the ground.
Trial of priest accused of breaking confession seal to protect lay group begins
- Jun 19, 2019
The eccclesiastic trial for an Italian priest accused of breaking the seal of confession to inform a scandal-ridden lay Catholic group of a police investigation on its leadership started on Monday.
Trial dates set in ‘Archangel’ sex abuse case
- May 18, 2019
A judge on Monday announced the trial dates for the head of a lay Catholic association in southern Italy who is charged with sexually abusing 10 underage girls, and for his alleged accomplices, including a priest accused of breaking the seal of confession.
Bishop called to testify in sex abuse trial of Sicilian ‘Archangel’
- Apr 25, 2019
A southern Italian bishop will be called to witness in a trial of the lay leader of a Catholic group charged with sexually abusing underage girls.
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