No More Smuggling: Many Cured Italian Meats Coming To America
American gourmets and lovers of Italian food products, your days as food smugglers are over.No more stuffing your suitcases with delicacies bought in Italy, hoping the sniffer dogs at JFK or other...
View ArticleA Theme Park For Foodies? Italians Say Bologna
Italy has more UNESCO world heritage sites than any other country in the world, and its art and cultural riches have drawn visitors for centuries.It also prides itself on being a culinary mecca, where...
View ArticleA Magnet For African Migrants, Italy Seeks A New Approach
With mild weather ahead, southern Europe is once again bracing for new boatloads of would-be migrants and asylum seekers from North Africa.Italy has borne the brunt of this migrant flow for two...
View ArticleThe 1,000-Year-Old Schism That Pope Francis Seeks To Heal
Pope Francis travels this weekend to the Middle East, the cradle of the three monotheistic religions, and will meet with Catholic, Jewish and Muslim leaders.But the official purpose of the visit is to...
View ArticleThis Fine Wine Made At An Italian Penal Colony Is No 2-Buck Chuck
Eighteen miles off Tuscany's coast, Gorgona is Italy's last island prison. Its steep cliffs rise up from azure Mediterranean waters. Here, a select group of convicts serves the end of long sentences by...
View ArticleIn 'Season Of Mercy,' Will Vatican Rethink Communion For Divorcees?
Some 200 bishops from around the world are gathered at the Vatican for a two-week assembly to discuss issues related to the family, including artificial contraception, premarital sex and ministering...
View ArticleIn A Land Of Few Christians, Pope Will Reach Out To Muslims In Turkey
Pope Francis is heading to Turkey for what could be one of the most challenging trips of his young papacy.The three-day visit, which begins Friday, will be a mix of the religious and political, with...
View ArticlePope Francis And His Gift For Blending The Spiritual And The Political
In the 21 months since his election, the first pope to take the name of Saint Francis has emerged as a moral leader on the global stage, addressing both Catholics and the world beyond.A recent Pew...
View ArticleDecades After His Murder, An Archbishop Is Put On Path To Sainthood
Archbishop Oscar Romero was one of the most prominent and controversial religious figures in Latin America when he was gunned down in 1980 during the early stages of El Salvador's civil war.
View ArticlePapal Group Considers Sanctions On Bishops Who Cover Up Abuse
A commission advising Pope Francis on how to tackle clerical sex abuse of minors has completed its first full meeting at the Vatican.
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Pope Encounters Resistance On Some Reforms
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: When Pope Francis was elected two years ago, he had a mandate from the College of Cardinals: restore...
View ArticleWith New Cardinals, Pope Aims To Widen Horizons Of Church Leadership
The Vatican was a sea of red vestments Saturday, as Pope Francis formally elevated 20 new cardinals. In a solemn ceremony known as a consistory, the second in Francis' two-year-old papacy, he presided...
View ArticleDutch Soccer Fans Vandalize Rome's La Barcaccia Fountain
Some 7000 fans of the Rotterdam soccer team Feyenoord are believed to have traveled to Rome for yesterday's Europa League game against AS Roma.The game ended in a draw, 1-1, a needed anticlimax after...
View ArticleJames Bond Meets His Match — The Roman Cobblestone
The headline in today's La Repubblica was, "The streets of Rome bring Bond to a standstill — car hits pothole, Craig suffers head injury."The newspaper reported that the accident occurred while actor...
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For Women's Day, Group Takes A Messge To The Vatican
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today is International Women's Day, and the Vatican is opening its doors to a group of women from all over the...
View ArticleArchitect Renzo Piano: The Future Of Europe's Cities Is In The Suburbs
Architect Renzo Piano spends one week a month in his hometown of Genoa, Italy. His house-workshop is perched 300 feet above the Mediterranean Sea and can only be reached by a glass-enclosed funicular...
View ArticleRome's Plan For Prostitutes Upsets Sex Workers And The Catholic Church
On Rome's southern outskirts, EUR is a middle- and upper-middle class neighborhood full of parks and office buildings. With tens of thousands of people coming and going every day, the neighborhood has...
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Latest Mediterranean Incident Highlights Italy's Migrant Crisis
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: I'm Linda Wertheimer. In just the last week, Italy has rescued some 11,000 migrants fleeing war and poverty...
View ArticleFor Europe-Bound Migrants, Desperation Outweighs Risks
After a two-month wait in Libya, Hassan Silla, a 35-year-old from Sierra Leone, made the sea crossing from northern Africa to southern Italy on a smuggler's boat last February.As one of 76 migrants on...
View ArticleRome's Cinematic 'Dream Factory' Ramps Up Production Once Again
It's just 15 miles south of Rome, but it looks more like ancient Jerusalem.Welcome to the vast backlot at Cinecittà, the sprawling movie metropolis where the original Ben-Hurwas filmed, and a remake is...
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