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Pope Francis felt "consternation" when he heard of the news of the Malaysia Airlines flight that was shot down over conflict-hit Ukraine Thursday, a Vatican statement said Friday.
The long arm of the Kremlin extended into the very centre of European politics on Wednesday as the EU became embroiled in an east-west power struggle over who should become the new face of the union's foreign policy.
This year's author book award at the Rencontres d'Arles photography festival went to Nicolo Degiorgis for Hidden Islam.
Rome, July 14 - The Costa Concordia cruise liner was re-floated Monday in the first phase of an unprecedented salvage operation.
Rome, July 10 - The ongoing economic crisis weighs heavily on the mental health of Italians, Istat national statistics bureau said Thursday.
Rome, June 8 - Italian geographers said Tuesday they believe they may have found the oldest extant map of the world engraved on an ostrich egg, possibly by Leonardo da Vinci.
Giorgio Armani, who turns 80 on Friday, recently celebrated his 40th anniversary in fashion. His brand is a blue chip name all over the world; his legacy still relevant, a recurring reference at the recent Milan menswear shows. His name sells lipsticks, hotel rooms, table settings.
Rome, July 4 - Francesco Piccolo won the 68th Strega book prize Thursday night with his bittersweet memoir of life on the Italian Left, 'Il desiderio di essere come tutti' (The Desire To Be Like Everyone), published by Einaudi.
Pope Francis on Monday used his first meeting with victims of clerical sex abuse to offer his strongest condemnation of a crisis that has shaken the Roman Catholic Church, comparing priests who abuse minors to “a sacrilegious cult,” while begging forgiveness from victims and pledging to crack down on bishops who fail to protect children.