Fly over some of the most beautiful Catholic churches in the world, where faith and architecture come together in ...

Responding to the appeal for city authorities to clean up the mess around churches, Mayor Leonardo Domenici said Wednesday that Florence is no worse off than anywhere else in Italy. Catholic ...

formalizing his abandonment of the Catholic Church, and Nanetti became one of an increasing, though hard to quantify, number of Italians who have been “de-baptized.” Every year in Italy ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Italian activists fighting sexual abuse by Catholic clergy decry the 'conspiracy of silence' between the Italian church and state. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Recent reports on ...

Catholic churches across Italy held public Masses Monday for the first time in two months — but with new coronavirus rules on how to safely pray with others. The strict new guidelines ...

In Italy, where it’s basically impossible to find a square inch of space that isn’t with easy acoustical reach of a nearby church tower ... Leonardo Guerri in Florence lost a long-running ...

Rome, Italy, Apr 28, 2024 / 06:00 am. Across Italy there are houses of prayer run by the Ricostruttori (Reconstructors) community, a Catholic movement dedicated to people who are far from the ...

For the first time, the arm of St. Jude will leave Italy and tour churches, schools, prisons, and more across the United States beginning this month, a Catholic evangelization ministry announced ...

Italy is frequently described in news reports as an overwhelmingly Catholic country. And some 80 percent of Italians identify as Christian, according to the latest data from the Pew Research Center.

Like most of his fellow Italians, Mattia Nanetti, 25, from the northern city of Bologna, grew up with the teachings and sacraments of the Catholic Church in parochial school. Even his scouting ...