DANIELA PETROFF

June 20, 2017 at 1:45 am

Carla Fendi, philanthropist and fashion force, dies at 79

MILAN — Carla Fendi, one of five sisters who transformed the family leather-goods business into a luxury fashion house that was one of Italy's first...

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May 25, 2017 at 11:58 pm

Italian fashion designer Laura Biagiotti dies at 73

ROME (AP) — Laura Biagiotti, an Italian fashion designer who conquered global markets with her soft, loose women's clothes and luxurious knits that won her...

• Nation & World

April 9, 2017 at 2:28 am

Pope on Palm Sunday decries suffering from war, terrorism VIEW

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday decried a deadly attack on a Coptic church in Egypt during Palm Sunday celebrations, just weeks before...

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May 6, 2016 at 5:37 am

Pope seeks to renew European dream as he accepts unity prize VIEW

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, accepting a prize for promoting European unity, on Friday bemoaned that the continent's people "are tempted to yield to...

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April 6, 2016 at 6:27 am

Pope Francis blesses eyes of 5-year-old girl going blind VIEW

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday blessed the eyes of a 5-year-old Ohio girl who suffers from a rare genetic disease that is...

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October 21, 2015 at 7:45 am

Vatican denies report pope has small, curable brain tumor VIEW

The Vatican denied a report in an Italian newspaper that Pope Francis has a small, curable brain tumor, saying his head is "absolutely perfect."

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December 17, 2014 at 9:19 am

Pope gets cake, tango and chicken for birthday

Pope Francis got a cake, cards and a tango demonstration for his 78th birthday Wednesday -- and 800 kilograms (1,760 pounds) of chicken meat for...

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October 19, 2014 at 2:41 am

Bishops scrap welcome to gays in sign of split

Catholic bishops scrapped their landmark welcome to gays Saturday, showing deep divisions at the end of a two-week meeting sought by Pope Francis to chart...

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April 28, 2014 at 1:08 am

Francis presides over historic day of 4 popes

Two 20th-century popes who changed the course of the Catholic Church became saints Sunday as Pope Francis honored John XXIII and John Paul II in...

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September 21, 2012 at 1:26 pm

Milan runway not all black and white

It's not all black and white in Milan this season.

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