An Italian court sentenced a Geneva-based Russian lawyer to 38 months in prison for his role in helping politically connected ...

Director Mario Martone ('Nostalgia') returns to competition in Cannes with a movie about Italian author Goliarda Sapienza, ...

Valeria Golino plays author Goliarda Sapienza in Mario Martone's 'Fuori,' but it's Matilda de Angelis who gives the film what spark of life it has.

A female-focused character study, an incarceration drama, and a niche literary biopic, the two Italian greats craft a tribute ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In his first appearance as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, the man born Robert Francis Prevost spoke for 10 minutes in Italian. Then he transitioned to Spanish ...

The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of ...

On Nov. 9, 1943, 22-year-old Teresa Mattei watched a train full of fellow Florentines pull out of Santa Maria Novella Station ...

Newly chosen Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, along with the cardinals who elected him. Follow ...

The Rev. Alexander Lam, an Augustinian friar from Peru who knows the new pope, said he was beloved in Peru for his closeness to his people, especially poor people. He said he was a champion of social ...

The new pope took the name of Leo XIV, which could be an indication of the legacy he hopes to leave. It’s a pretty clear ...

WikiLeaks posted a picture of Assange, who was freed from a prison in London last June. “Now Julian is free, we have all come to Rome to express ... Italian and Latin. It also includes sections ...