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by bcadmin | Nov 22, 2022 | Budget, Church in Europe, Italian politics, Italy, Lega Nord, News, Taxes, Weddings | 0 |
Parliamentarians from the right-wing, anti-immigrant Lega party had proposed a tax deduction of up to $20,000 for couples under the age of 35 with an income of less than $23,000 and who choose to get married in the Catholic Church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 26, 2022 | Church in Europe, Immigration, Italian politics, Italy, lead, Migration, News | 0 |
On Tuesday, as new Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni doubled down on her hardline anti-migrant policies, a rescue hotline sent an alert warning that boats carrying 1,300 people were in distress near the coast of Sicily.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 24, 2022 | Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Europe, European union, Italian politics, Italy, lead, News | 0 |
As Italian politician Giorgia Meloni settles into her new role as Italy’s first-ever woman prime minister, the country’s bishops have urged her and her government to prioritize key national challenges in collaboration with Europe.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 28, 2022 | Archbishop Matteo Zuppi, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Elections, Italian Elections, Italian politics, Italy, lead, Migration, News, Pope Francis | 0 |
Italy’s leading Catholic prelate has urged the country’s new leadership to stand up for the poor and vulnerable, saying the church itself will continue to advocate for the common good with “severity” if needed.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 25, 2022 | Archbishop Matteo Zuppi, Associated Press, Italian politics, News, Sunday Angelus, Vatican, World Day of Migrants and Refugees | 0 |
Pope Francis traveled to southern Italy on Sunday to close out an Italian church congress that coincided with Italy’s national election, and delivered a message that hit on key domestic campaign issues including immigration.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 25, 2022 | Archbishop Matteo Zuppi, Associated Press, Italian politics, News, Sunday Angelus, Vatican, World Day of Migrants and Refugees | 0 |
Pope Francis traveled to southern Italy on Sunday to close out an Italian church congress that coincided with Italy’s national election, and delivered a message that hit on key domestic campaign issues including immigration.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | Cei, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, covid, COVID-19, faith and politics, Italian politics, Italy, lead, News, poor, Poverty | 0 |
As Italy heads toward its snap general election later this month, Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, considered by many seasoned Vatican observers to be vastly “papabile,” has stressed the need to avoid polemics and prioritize the poor.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 27, 2022 | Italian politics, lead, Matteo Salvini, News, News Analysis, Pope Francis | 0 |
Polls show a commanding advantage for the center-right coalition led by the Fratelli d’Italia party under Giorgia Meloni.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 16, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Italian politics, Italy, News | 0 |
With a message that blends Christianity, motherhood and patriotism, Giorgia Meloni is riding a wave of popularity that next month could see her become Italy’s first female prime minister and its first far-right leader since World War II.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 26, 2022 | Cei, Italian bishops, Italian politics, Italy, lead, Mario Draghi, News, News Analysis, Pope Francis | 0 |
The 60 days between now and the Italian elections on Sept. 25 shape up as a possible star turn for the 66-year-old Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, president of the Italian bishops’ conference.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 23, 2022 | Assisted suicide, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Church teaching, Italian politics, Jesuits, La Civiltà Cattolica, law, News, Pontifical Academy for Life, Pontifical Gregorian University, St. Pope John Paul II, Theologians | 0 |
A Jesuit physician and moral theologian has called on lawmakers to stop postponing action and to restrict the practice as much as possible by refining and passing an “imperfect law” that is on the table.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 29, 2021 | Church in Europe, ddl Zan, homotransphobia, Italian politics, lead, News, Vatican | 0 |
Months of controversy in Italian politics reached a climax Wednesday when a heavily debated anti-homotransphobia bill, which also garnered unprecedented objections from the Vatican, was defeated during a secret vote in the Italian senate.
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