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Pope Francis will miss the Angelus prayer on Sunday for the second straight week as the 88-year-old is treated in hospital for pneumonia, the Vatican said. The text will only be published, not read out, as it was last weekend, the Vatican press office said Saturday. Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on February 14 with bronchitis, but it turned into pneumonia in both lungs, causing widespread alarm.

American importers have been stockpiling the popular Italian bubbly Prosecco as a hedge against the possible impact of tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump

Italy’s justice minister has strongly defended the government’s decision to free and repatriate a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court

Italy, Albania and the United Arab Emirates have signed a three-way clean energy cooperation deal

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. This may be the year to skip Rome—or Italy entirely. The Roman Catholic Church is celebrating a jubilee year, a roughly yearlong tradition dating to the early 14th century.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bayt al-Hikma, or the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, emerged in the ninth century—even before the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, widely considered the first academy of sciences. The Banu Musa brothers, sons of an astronomer in Baghdad, created the first machine with a stored program there and scientific textbooks from the institute were translated and made their way to Europe.

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Italy’s parliament has approved the government’s 2025 budget, worth about 30 billion euros ($31 billion) in tax cuts and social security contributions for low-income citizens

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ALSO READ: Why applying for a Schengen visa is 'humiliating' for Indians The year marks a Jubilee Year, also known as the Holy Year – a momentous occasion for Catholic worshippers who flock to Rome and Vatican City to seek forgiveness for their sins, says a Condé Nast Traveller report. During this time, Rome becomes a “focal point” for Catholic faith and traditions, the report adds. Held once every 25 years, the upcoming Jubilee Year will commence on Christmas Eve 2024 and conclude on January 6, 2026. Pilgrims will have a unique chance to walk through the Holy Doors of four papal basilicas—St. Peter’s Basilica, St. John Lateran, Saint Paul Outside the Walls, and Saint Mary Major—which are opened solely for this sacred occasion.

Italy’s data protection authority says it has fined OpenAI $15.6 million after wrapping up a probe into the collection of personal data by its generative artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his pride after Archbishop George Jacob Koovakad from Kerala was elevated to Cardinal post of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Francis at St Peter's Bascilica in Rome. In a post on X, PM wrote, «A matter of great joy and pride for India! Delighted at His Eminence George Jacob Koovakad being created a Cardinal of the Holy Roman Catholic Church by His Holiness Pope Francis. His Eminence George Cardinal Koovakad has devoted his life in service of humanity as an ardent follower of Lord Jesus Christ. My best wishes for his future endeavours.»

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On 26 December 2022, Boxing Day, British-Asian writer Hanif Kureishi, who is now 69, had a devastating fall while holidaying in Rome with his partner, Isabella d’Amico. The accident left him severely paralysed, forcing him to move between hospitals, rehab centres and care homes in Italy and Britain for over a year, before he could return to his home in London.

The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights for the first time in two millennia under a $1.5 million sponsorship deal with Airbnb

A remote fishing town on the edge of Peru’s coastal desert is the site for a $1.3 billion megaport majority-owned by the Chinese shipping giant Cosco

Elon Musk for weighing in on Italian court rulings that have stymied the government’s plans to process some asylum-seekers in Albania. The US billionaire had said Rome judges blocking a government anti-immigration initiative should be sent packing. With the election in the US, where immigration was a hot-button issue, done, Musk criticised Italian judges for going against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's move to deport illegal immigrants. Meloni planned to detain up to 30,000 migrants in Albanian facilities.

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Coppola’s latest venture has drawn attention for its grand narrative, which mirrors the decline of the Roman Empire through an alternate reality version of modern-day New York City, dubbed “New Rome.” The film stars Adam Driver as Cesar Catilina, a once-renowned leader battling personal and societal turmoil in a city on the brink, as mentioned in a report by Decider.

The city of Florence is taking new measures to crack down on overtourism