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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 | Nov 21, 2022 | Celebrity, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Italy, lead, News, Nuns, Religious Life | 0 |
In a disappointing, but perhaps, for some, unsurprising turn of events for fans of “Suor Cristina,” Italy’s most famous singing nun, the Ursuline sister and winner of a major vocal competition announced that she has left religious life.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 19, 2022 | Associated Press, Italy, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis made a rare personal getaway Saturday, returning to his father’s birthplace in northern Italy for the first time since ascending the papacy to celebrate the 90th birthday of a second cousin who long knew him as simply “Giorgio.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 16, 2022 | Italy, lead, News, News Analysis, Vatican, Vatican finances, Vatican reform | 0 |
While breaking the Italian stranglehold on church governance may appear a no-brainer, perhaps it’s worth pausing a moment to consider the case for the defense.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 13, 2022 | Catholic healthcare, Catholic hospitals, Italy, lead, News, News Analysis | 0 |
The Catholic Church is the world’s largest private provider of health care, and perhaps these thoughts may be of some use to practitioners.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 9, 2022 | Church in Europe, Immigration, Italian bishops, Italy, lead, Migration, News, NGO | 0 |
As a standoff between a humanitarian migrant rescue ship and the Italian government continues into its fourth day, a leading Italian bishop has criticized the “selective” process of allowing some migrants to disembark, while turning others away.
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 | Oct 2, 2022 | Elections, European union, fascism, Features, Giorgia Meloni, Italy, News, socialism, Special Report | 0 |
Some remarkable things happened in the recent Italian elections. Not only is the winner—and therefore the prospective Prime Minister—a woman, but she is the head of an unabashedly right-wing party, the first such party to […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 28, 2022 | Catholic athletes, Catholic education, faith and politics, General, heresy, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Italy, News, Northern Ireland, Science, St. Michael the Archangel, The Dispatch, Traditional Latin Mass | 0 |
Not a Buffet – “Jesus Christ did not found Protestantism or Anglicanism – and it doesn’t take much imagination (Catholic or otherwise) to see the Church he did establish at Pentecost.” The Sacramental Vision and […]
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 27, 2022 | Five Star Movement, Giuseppe Conte, Italy, lead, News, News Analysis, Politics, Pope Francis | 0 |
Francis is a pope of the peripheries, and in Italy that’s the south.
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