Pope Francis on Tuesday named a bishop in his own image, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, as the new head of the Italian bishops conference, as the Italian Catholic Church comes under mounting pressure to ...

St. Peter's Italian Catholic Church on the edge of Chinatown in L.A. was vandalized Monday morning. (Hayley Smith / Los Angeles Times) St. Peter’s Italian Catholic Church was marred with anti-colonial ...

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 the ...

A 52-year-old Spanish man died, local media reported. Police stand inside Santa Croce Basilica where a 52-year-old Spanish tourist was killed after being struck by a piece of masonary that fell off ...

FILE - Cardinal Matteo Zuppi poses for photographers at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. Pope Francis on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 named a bishop in his own image, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, as the new ...

St. Peter’s Italian Catholic Church was marred with anti-colonial slogans on Monday in an act of vandalism that police are investigating as a hate crime. By noon, a small crowd had gathered at the ...