Pope Francis compared abortion with rent murder. In the past, the pope sometimes said that his Roman Catholic Church is too concerned with debates about abortion. He also showed some understanding in 2015 for women who let their pregnancy end 'because they see no other way out.' He also described abortion as a sin, but at the same time as a tragedy.
Italians are divided on the proposal of Minister of Labor \u0026 amp; Economic Development Luigi Di Maio, to keep stores closed on Sundays and during the holidays. Di Maio, of the populist Five Star movement, wants to ensure that families can spend the Sunday together.
Both the Italian and international trade unions of journalists raise alarm about the curtailment of press freedom in Italy. The government in Rome even wants to stop indirect state support for media and calls on state-owned companies not to advertise in newspapers anymore. There should be as few 'impure' publishers of daily newspapers as possible.
A German detainee (30) threw two of her children from a staircase or pushed them into a Roman prison. One of the young victims did not survive, reports the Italian news agency ANSA. The other child, according to sources, is in a critical condition and has been transferred to the hospital.
Pope Francis has called all presidents of bishops' conferences of the world to Rome to discuss the fight against the sexual abuse of minors by clergy. This is what the Vatican said on Wednesday.
The French government expressly expressed support to the International Criminal Court (ICC). It is a reaction to the threatening language of the American national security adviser John Bolton. He has already declared the court dead.
From a bridge of a motorway in the Italian L \u0026 # x27; Aquila, pieces of concrete have come loose. The chunks ended up on a road under the highway on Monday evening, but nobody was hurt, reported ANSA news agency.
The Italian Government strongly rejects Austria's plan to offer Austrian citizens the Austrian nationality. She has learned that Vienna is working on a legal text that allows the inhabitants of the Alto Adige province, regardless of whether they speak German or Italian, to give an Austrian passport. 'That initiative is misplaced because of the disturbing founding effect that may possibly go,' said Rome in a reaction.
The episodes of Anthony's Bourdain show Parts Unknown in which his girlfriend Asia Argento was shown, have been taken offline by CNN. The actress, who turned out to be one of the voices of the MeToo movement, is accused of sexual abuse of a minor.
Pope Francis caused bewilderment among the flying journalists during the return journey from Dublin to Rome. The document, in which the former papal nuncio of Washington Dario Viganò calls on pope Francis to step up because he would have covered sexual abuse by the American former cardinal Theodore Mc Carrick, was mentioned. 'We assumed that the Pope would say what was true or not of the accusations. But that did not happen. The pope told us that we should read the document ourselves and then come to the conclusions ourselves. Incomprehensible, 'says Franca Giansoldati of the Roman newspaper Il Messaggero.
Pope Francis refuses to accept accusations that he has covered up abuse scandals within the Roman Catholic Church. During his return trip to Rome, the spiritual leader on the plane said that the document with the allegations 'speaks for itself'. and that he does not want to elaborate on it.
Italy only wants to include the children on board the Italian coast guard ship that has been in Catania with 177 refugees since Monday. That is what the Minister of Home Affairs Matteo Salvini said on a Facebook video on Wednesday evening. The other of the 177 migrants are not allowed to leave the ship. According to aid organizations, there are about thirty minors on the ship.
The European Commission has sent EUR 9 million to Italy to improve access to health care for asylum seekers in Italian reception camps. The emergency aid is targeted at some 42,000 people, mainly women and children, who are trapped in Sicily and on the mainland, including in Tuscany and around Rome.
The police Rome is hunting for two tourists who washed themselves in an antique fountain and even went out of their clothes.
A pilot from Finnish company Finnair has appeared drunk at Helsinki airport this week. Colleagues noticed that the man had drunk and switched on the airport police.
An earthquake shook the inhabitants of the Italian region of Molise on the Adriatic coast on Thursday evening. According to the seismological service, the shock had a force of 5.2. There are no reports of victims or damage.
The EU has repeatedly urged Italy to invest more and more targeted money in the country's infrastructure. Italy will also receive 2.5 billion euros from the EU structural funds between 2014 and 2020 for the improvement of road and rail. In April, the European Commission approved an investment plan of 8.5 billion euros, including for the approach to motorways in and around Genoa.
At the brigade in the Italian city of Genoa, no Dutch people are involved. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports this Wednesday.
In Brussels, a solution is being worked behind the scenes for the refugees aboard the rescue ship Aquarius. According to a spokeswoman for the European Commission, the EU administration is 'in contact with a number of member states' that the committee 'approached' about the matter. She did not want to say which countries are involved.
Anyone who wants to steal a pot of that wonderful beach sand on holiday in Sardinia will get the lid on the nose from the Italian authorities. In order to protect the nature of the island, the fines for this crime have been increased to 3000 euros.
Italy has again refused a ship with refugees. It is a ship with 450 migrants on board. Because the vessel was already in the waters of Malta before, Rome finds that the refugees have to go ashore there.
Relatives of Beatrice Romo (39) from the Californian Riverside say that the woman was shot by her own cousin. The mother of five children wanted to break a fight during a babyshower when it got out of hand.
World Animal Protection wants all fishnets to be provided with a personal label in 2025. The international animal protection organization calls on the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations at the start of an international meeting in Rome to make the labeling of fishing nets compulsory in the fight against the massive death of animals through the nets.
The countries that participate in missions with naval vessels in which migrants in need are taken on board should simply take those people home. Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said this Sunday, Italian media reported.
Now that the Court of Cassation in Rome has decided that all the money that the Italian government party Lega has and on what is still flowing in until 48 million euros has been collected, we have ended up with an old Italian problem. According to the left-wing opposition, the party has been corrupt- former party leader Umberto Bossi has just scammed the Italian state- and must therefore be paid back.
A promising Italian chef died in a traffic accident on Thursday in Rome. The 29-year-old Alessandro Narducci rode with a friend and colleague on a scooter through the Italian capital when fate struck.
Over forty asylum seekers, who were rescued from the sea by an American naval ship, have been allowed to go to Italy. The crew of the USS Trenton had saved the refugees in the Mediterranean from a sinking dinghy on Tuesday.
The Italian and French governments have come into full collision about the floundering immigrants. Rome demands apologies from Paris. As long as this does not happen, the diplomatic crisis continues. The Italian Minister of Economic Affairs Giovanni Tria has canceled his trip to Paris to meet his colleague. Prime Minister Conte also plans to cancel his trip to Paris where he would meet French President Macron.
A United Airlines plane left for the nearest airport on Monday after discovering a disturbing 'message' on board. The captain of the aircraft, which was on its way from Rome to Chicago, made a stopover at Shannon Airport in Ireland.
Italy refuses to accept a boat with more than six hundred immigrants in one of its ports. The government in Rome has asked Malta to include the immigrants. Malta rejected the request and said that it has nothing to do with the operation in which hundreds of refugees have been rescued from the sea.
