Italy's top court rules assisted suicide not always a crime in landmark case
Italy's top court on Wednesday ruled that it should not always be punishable to help someone "under intolerable physical and...
Italy: UN experts condemn bill to fine migrant rescuers
UN human rights experts* have condemned a proposed draft decree by Italy’s interior minister, Matteo Salvini, to fine those who rescue...
Local Secularisms in Italy
Italy is well-known to be a Catholic country, and this public identity has heavily influenced the cultures of secularity that developed...
Living on the edge: being an atheist in Italy and around the World
Are you a non-religious? Well, Italy doesn’t fit you. Sure in Italy you are not in danger as you would be in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia or...
Latest From Santa Marta. Open Doors For Women Priests
On August 2, 2016, Pope Francis instituted a commission to study the history of the female diaconate, for the purpose of its possible...
Italian priest blames earthquakes on gay civil unions
An Italian priest has angered the Vatican after claiming the earthquakes that have shaken the country killing hundreds and leaving...
'Some women disobey': Rome poster campaign challenges Catholic ban on female priests
It has been 22 years since Pope John Paul II declared that the exclusion of women from the priesthood was a settled matter and no longer...
