Charity groups take the strain of increasing poverty in Italy
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‘John XXII is one of us’
Visiting Bergamo and Sotto il Monte, the little village where Pope John XXIII was born, one understands deeply the importance of this great man for the citizens who live today in the places of Angelo Roncalli’s childhood. Talking with the people it was evident from the first moment how they wanted to underline what the…
TV nun has the X factor
Ursuline nun shares singing talent
Nun woos Italian TV audiences
A young singing sister is taking Italy by storm
Celebrating an Italian Christmas
Christmas remains a deeply traditional event in Italy, writes Matteo Ciofi
Pope marks Roman tradition
The festive season in Rome has begun, writes Matteo Ciofi
Faith-based sector ‘at the heart of communities’
NI Development Minister pays tribute to the work of parishes and faith-based organisations
A place of sad pilgrimage
How can we represent human madness? It is not an easy question to answer but there are some places in the world which can give an answer. Auschwitz and Birkenau for example, the most-notorious Nazi concentration camps saw one of the greatest tragedies in human history. Two places where you can find terror in the…
Pope’s heroic role to hit big screen
New film planned based on heroic work of Pope Francis in saving hundreds of people from the Argentinian dictatorship
Church may get first ‘techie’ saint
In a digital age where millions of people follow Pope Francis on Twitter, the Church may soon have the first ‘tech geek’ saint in a 15-year-old boy who died of Leukaemia. Carlo Acutis (pictured), who was fiercely passionate about computers and animals, died in Milan in 2006. However, friends say his first love was God…