The pizza! The pizza! UNESCO recognizes Napoli’s gift to the world
UNESCO’s Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage put the roughly 3,000 pizza makers, or pizzaiuoli, of Naples on its Representative List of...
Too big to sail? A plan for Venice’s cruise-ship armada
A group of local, provincial and national officials approved, after years of debate, a plan to divert cruise ships weighing more than 96,000 tons farther...
Italian Mafia’s ‘boss of bosses’ dies in prison at 87
Salvatore Riina, the Mafia’s murderous “boss of bosses,” who earned multiple life sentences and the nickname the Beast for his cruelty and for unleashing a...
Italy may battle jellyfish invasion with a knife and fork
The jellyfish invasion has now reached the point where there may be little to do but find a way to live with huge numbers of...
Scorned by Europe, Greece embraces China’s patronage, but at what price?
While Europe was busy squeezing Greece, the Chinese swooped in with bucket-loads of investments that have begun to pay off.
Trump to nominate Callista Gingrich as Vatican ambassador
Callista Gingrich played a critical role in Newt Gingrich’s conversion to Catholicism, and also in breaking up his second marriage, according to Newt Gingrich’s ex-wife.
Balancing act for pope in Egypt with Muslims and Christians
Pope Francis is expected to highlight the plight of Christians amid recent violence in Egypt, while continuing his mission to reach out to Muslims.
Pope’s spat with Catholic order reflects political tensions worldwide
A seemingly obscure intra-Catholic squabble had erupted into an unexpected shock to the church with ideological fault lines running to the top of the Vatican.
Shareblue galvanizes Twitter army to voice outrage on Clinton’s behalf
Shareblue is the finger that wags at the mainstream news media or pokes at individual reporters. In an increasingly close race for the presidency, it...