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Parish Priest Criticizes Francis in Homily- And Receives Sustained Applause from His Flock, and is Excommunicated

01/03/2024 at 2:31 PM By Kevin Edward White

Rorate Caeli, January 3, 2024 It is something that would have been unimaginable a decade ago-- let alone 50 years ago. In a homily on December 31, a parish priest in Guasticce, Italy, Father Ramon Guidetti, called the Pope the "antichrist." He stated, “Last Dec. 17, at a shrine near... read more

Where does the ‘Feast of the 7 Fishes’ Christmas Eve tradition come from?

12/25/2023 at 6:29 AM By Kevin Edward White

By Francesca Pollio Fenton/ CNA Staff, Dec 24, 2023 There are numerous Christmas Eve traditions families around the world take part in, whether it’s watching a certain movie together, baking cookies for Santa, opening one present before going to bed, or eating a specific meal for dinner.... read more

Italy’s ‘most handsome man’ leaves modeling career to become a priest

12/07/2023 at 9:31 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Almudena Martinez-Borediu/ CNA, December 7, 2023 Young Edoardo Santini, considered “the most handsome man in Italy,” has decided to leave his promising career as a model and enter a seminary to become a priest. Dancer, swimmer, actor — these were a few of the dreams of... read more

Synod on Synodality asked to ‘rethink the whole Church’ according to synodality

10/18/2023 at 12:58 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency, October 18, 2023 The next stage of the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality opened Wednesday with a call to focus on authority, decentralization, the co-responsibility of the laity, and concrete changes to the institutional Church. Before... read more

You can take Italians out of church, but not the church out of Italians

08/26/2023 at 2:39 PM By Kevin Edward White

By John L. Allen, Jr., Crux, August 22, 2023 VALLECORSA, Italy – According to the most recent data from ISTAT, Italy’s national statistics bureau, the share of Italians who go to Mass on a regular basis reached a depressing new low in 2022. Only 18.8 percent now say they attend Mass at... read more

On Euthanasia and “Gender” the Catholic Church Gets Along Better With the Jews Than at Home

06/07/2023 at 9:03 AM By Kevin Edward White

BybSandro Magister, L'Espresso, June 7, 2023 * It has gone almost unnoticed, but the joint statement of the Catholic Church and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel issued in May in Jerusalem on what is “prohibited, permitted, obligatory” with the terminally ill has confirmed that... read more

The Pope, the Prime Minister, and the Elephant in the Room

05/29/2023 at 4:44 PM By Kevin Edward White

Pope Francis and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni agree that birth rates need to increase, but why do they ignore the need to increase marriage rates? By David Ayers, Ph.D., Crisis Magazine, May 22, 2023 “More children, less pets” was the catchy takeaway in worldwide coverage... read more

PHOTOS: Thousands March in Italy’s National ‘Demonstration for Life’

05/22/2023 at 4:27 PM By Kevin Edward White

Formerly called the ‘March for Life,’ the name was changed last year when new leadership took over the event. Members of an Italian pro-life and pro-family organization marched in the ‘Demonstration for Life’ May 20, 2023, with a banner saying, ‘There’s life in the mother’s womb.... read more

Italy Strips Some Gay Couples of Parental Recognition

04/26/2023 at 7:11 AM By Kevin Edward White

Georgia Meloni’s government moves to restrict same-sex parenthood as its champions traditional values Michela Leidi, wearing green, and her wife Viola with their daughter in Bergamo, Italy. By Margherita Stancati, Wall Street Journal, April 25, 2023 ROME—Michela Leidi became a... read more

Archbishop clarifies remarks on assisted suicide in Italy

04/25/2023 at 7:33 AM By Kevin Edward White

By Cindy Wooden, National Catholic Reporter, April 24, 2023 Vatican City — The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life affirms his opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide but believes that to end confusion in the country, the Italian Parliament needs to make clear laws about... read more

Giorgia Meloni: ‘We are the heirs of St. Benedict’

10/30/2022 at 11:04 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Roberto de Mattei, Catholic Thing, October 29, 2022 As of October 21, Italy has a new government: the best possible government at the worst historical moment since the birth of the Italian Republic in 1946. What does it mean, the best possible government? It means that since politics is... read more

Italy, Church in

Parish Priest Criticizes Francis in Homily- And Receives Sustained Applause from His Flock, and is Excommunicated

Where does the ‘Feast of the 7 Fishes’ Christmas Eve tradition come from?

Italy’s ‘most handsome man’ leaves modeling career to become a priest

Synod on Synodality asked to ‘rethink the whole Church’ according to synodality

You can take Italians out of church, but not the church out of Italians

On Euthanasia and “Gender” the Catholic Church Gets Along Better With the Jews Than at Home

The Pope, the Prime Minister, and the Elephant in the Room

PHOTOS: Thousands March in Italy’s National ‘Demonstration for Life’

Italy Strips Some Gay Couples of Parental Recognition

Archbishop clarifies remarks on assisted suicide in Italy

Giorgia Meloni: ‘We are the heirs of St. Benedict’

Italy’s new No. 3 is a Catholic politician studying philosophy at a pontifical university

The surprising rise and victory of Giorgia Meloni: A view from Italy

‘Mother, Italian, Christian’: Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s far-right leader on the cusp of power

Cardinal Parolin Orders All Vatican Vaccine Mandates to Remain in Place

Italy’s constitutional court blocks physician-assisted suicide referendum

TRADITIONIS CUSTODES: A Weapon of Mass Destruction

Pope sets up commission to monitor annulment reform in Italy

Vatican Intervenes in Proposed ‘Anti-Homophobia’ Law in Italy

Vatican wants changes to Italy draft law against homophobia