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Vatican Falls: An Uncompromising Look at Power, Conscience and Forgiveness

Natasha Lardera

A fictional work, by playwright Frank J. Avella, based on factual accounts and events, takes on the Catholic sex abuse scandal by chronicling the journey of one sex abuse survivor...

The Vatican has a Real Sister Act in the Heart of Screenland!

Darrell Fusaro

The Pauline Sisters, are a lot like the “Blues Brothers” - like the characters in the iconic 1980 movie "they’re on a mission from God" and just like Jake and Elwood Blues...

Enrico Bruschini: "Italy Is Wonderful. That's It!"

Maria Rita Latto

Interview with the official historian of the US Embassy in Rome. Professor Bruschini is giving a lecture at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York about “The Cultural...

Get the Best of Both Worlds: Rome & Los Angeles (or Here & Hereafter). All For Just $5,000US!

Darrell Fusaro

Last week I met my friend Mike Dugan in downtown Los Angeles to see his new place. It only cost him $5,000 and it is literally - to die for!

Bin Laden: A Thoughtful Vatican and a Concerned Italy

Judith Harris

May 1, while in Rome Pope John Paul II is beatified, Al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden is killed in Pakistan by US Forces. The reactions in the Italian political world

The Beatified Pope

Maria Rita Latto

Rome is getting ready for the Beatification of John Paul II, the Pope who few hours after his death was defined so “great” as to deserve an abbreviated process over the usual...

Power Plays, Italian Style

George De Stefano

Paolo Sorrentino's portrait of Giulio Andreotti is an investigation of post-WWII Italian politics

There He Goes Again

George De Stefano

The Pope, Condoms, and Necessary Satire

The Church, the State, and Italy's Budget

Judith Harris

Last Friday’s battle between Church and State, fought over government funding for private schools, lasted a mere six hours. The score: Church 1, State 0. But then, scoreboards...

Priests on the Ball: They Pray, They Shoot, They Score

Eleonora Mazzucchi

On the face of things the Clericus Cup does what Euro Cup soccer can’t—bring relief from the nationalist sentiment that drives fans from great highs to plummeting lows. The...

Vatican Says It's Ok to Believe in Aliens

Eleonora Mazzucchi

Some of the latest news to come out of the Vatican is that the Pope has attacked Italy's abortion laws, excoriating doctors who perform the procedure. But far less predictable is...

Out of the archives: Vatican doubts over the Duce

Judith Harris

New access to archival documents of the Vatican shed evealing light on the relatiuonships between th Catholic Church and Fascism.

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