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Pope leads traditional Good Friday rite at Rome Colosseum
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) – Thousands of people holding candles turned out at Rome's Colosseum to see Pope Francis mark the first Good Friday of his pontificate with a traditional “Way of the Cross” procession around the ancient amphitheatre. Francis, who was elected on March 13, sat under a red canopy on Rome's Palatine Hill as representatives of the faithful from around the world alternated carrying a wooden cross on the day Christians commemorated Jesus's death by crucifixion. Continue reading
New York’s Cardinal Dolan says Mass ahead of conclave
A potential candidate for pope, Dolan was a big hit with parishioners in Rome on Sunday. Continue reading
Telecom Italia Full-year Loss Narrows
ROME (dpa-AFX) – Italian telecom company Telecom Italia S.p.A (TI, TIAOF) on Thursday reported a loss for fiscal year 2012 that narrowed from last year on lower goodwill writedowns. However, reven… Continue reading
Nobel scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini dies in Rome
ROME (AP) — Rita Levi-Montalcini, a biologist who conducted underground research in defiance of Fascist persecution and went on to win a Nobel Prize for helping unlock the mysteries of the cell, died at her home in Rome on Sunday. Continue reading
Berlusconi criticizes Monti’s campaign about-face
ROME (AP) — Ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi sharply criticized the decision by Mario Monti to run in Italy's general elections and vowed Saturday to launch a parliamentary inquiry into the 2011 fall of his government and appointment of Monti as Italy's premier. Continue reading
Monti resigns as Italy heads to elections
MILAN (AP) — Mario Monti handed in his resignation to Italy's president in Rome on Friday, bringing to a close his “difficult but fascinating” 13-month technical government and preparing the country for national elections. Continue reading
Eni To Further Sell Stake In Galp Energia
ROME (dpa-AFX) – Italian oil and gas company Eni S.p.A. Continue reading
Italian PM: We will not desert Afghanistan
Italy’s prime minister pledged Sunday not to abandon Afghanistan as his country pulls out its troops, saying Rome will “transform” its support but not leave altogether. Continue reading
Boy Sneaks On Plane From Manchester To Rome
A probe is launched after a boy made it onto a flight from Manchester to Rome on his own, without a passport or boarding pass. Continue reading
Vatican hires U.S. journalist to help media relations
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican has hired an American journalist from the Fox News Network and member of the conservative Catholic group Opus Dei to help improve its relations with the media, a senior Church source said on Saturday. Greg Burke, Fox’s Rome-based roving correspondent for Europe and the Middle East, will become a “senior communications adviser” to the Secretariat of State, the key department in the Vatican’s central bureaucracy. Burke, 52, a native of St Louis, Missouri, has been working for Fox for 10 years Continue reading
