The former Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, sees an advantage in his old age. 'I am like good wine', the 81-year-old twittered. 'I am getting better with age and now I am perfect.' The multimillionaire actively participates in the election campaign prior to the parliamentary elections in Italy.
Turkish president Erdogan visits Pope Francis on Monday. The Turkish leader stepped out of a car on a deserted St. Peter's Square. Surrounding streets were closed for safety reasons.
The Italian police arrested a man suspected of shooting from a car on passersby in the central Italian city of Macerata. The man would have opened fire on Saturday in various places in the city. As a result, at least four people would have been injured.
Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (81) stopped the campaign of his party Forza Italia for several days due to severe fatigue. The fact that Berlusconi's health is weak is no secret, but nowadays there is great concern behind the scenes, reports Italian media.
Pope Francis sends a confidant to Chile to get an explanation of the behavior of Juan Barros, the bishop of Osorno. This is accused of having protected a pedophile priest who has taken care of minors. The Pope recently received considerable criticism during his visit to the South American country about his handling of that case of sexual abuse.
In the Vatican there will be an exhibition next year about the American pop artist Andy Warhol, reports The Art Newspaper. The museums of the Vatican would be in full discussion with the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, the birthplace of the artist.
After criticizing his remarks about a case of abuse in South America, Pope Francis apologized for his choice of words. He made a mistake when he said last week in Chile that there was 'no evidence' against the Chilean bishop Juan Barros, the Catholic church chief said Monday.
Youth gangs ravage the streets of Naples and make the lives of innocent peers unsafe. They are robbed and stabbed, have to fight for their lives in the hospital and are desperate.
An Asian supplier of shared bicycles is forced to leave Brussels, Lille and Reims after a few months. Gobee.bike announced that 80 to 90 percent of the bikes were stolen or damaged there.
The outspoken Eurosceptic Italian MoVimento 5 Stelle (M5S- Five Star Movement) has 'converted' to the euro. Party leader Luigi Di Maio said it is no longer a goal of the M5S to get Italy out of the euro zone.
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About two hundred members of one of the most notorious Mafia abbeys in Italy were arrested during a joint anti-mafia operation in Italy and Germany.
By sinking a refugee boat on the Mediterranean Sea already 64 people died. A spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has announced this on Monday via Twitter.
Is it good or not? That is what students from the Sapienza University in Rome wondered when they watched their mathematics teacher Ruggero Freddi. The man who is busy with his doctorate and teaches, has for years played under the name Carlo Masi in hardcore gay porn movies.
The director of the museums in the Vatican is annoyed by the often rude behavior of visitors. 'People stick chewing gum under wooden benches from the seventeenth century,' says director and art historian Barbara Jatta. 'The cleaners find everything every day, for example half-empty water bottles. Such a cultureless behavior, you wonder how it is possible. '
At the age of 87, the famous Italian chef Gualtiero Marchesi died in Milan. Many consider him as the founder of the renewed Italian kitchen. Marchesi died of a heart attack according to Italian media.
Pope Francis asked during the Mass on Christmas Eve to show sympathy with persecuted people driven from their homes. These should be received with open arms. 'Behind the steps of Mary and Joseph are many steps hidden. We see the footprints of entire families, who are forced to leave their homes today, 'said the prince of the church against the thousands of believers in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Cardinal Bernard Law, who had to retire at the end of 2002 as Archbishop of Boston after a major abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, died on Monday at the age of 86.
The Christmas tree in the square Piazza Venezia in the center of Rome does not threaten to win Christmas.
A wish list for Christmas was flown to Austria from the Alps to Italy over a distance of about 400 kilometers. The epistle with the gift man of 2-year-old Emma- 'a sled'- landed in the grass between two basins of a water purification plant in Schio, near Vicenza.
Watch out for the power of evil. 'The devil is not something diffuse, he is a person. Once you start talking to him, you are lost. He is more intelligent than we are. 'Pope Francis used these words in an interview with the Italian television channel Tv2000.
Italy faces problems with the gas supply after the explosion in the Austrian gas distribution station in Baumgarten an der March. The transport of gas from Russia to Italy was interrupted by the incident.
The former President of Italy Silvio Berlusconi will soon be brought to justice again. He has been charged with bribery in a previous case, the infamous 'Ruby' case about paid sex with a minor.
Two million signatures have been collected to put the Neapolitan pizza on UNESCO's World Heritage List. This has been told by the Italian agricultural organization Coldiretti.
With his arrival in Myanmar on Monday, the first visit of a Catholic church leader to the Southeast Asian country begins for Pope Francis. The highlight is a meeting between the Argentinian and the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and de facto Head of Government of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi.
The notorious Sicilian Mafia boss Salvatore 'Totò' Riina, who stood at the top of the Cosa Nostra for years, died Friday in a prison in Parma. This is reported by various Italian media.
Pope Franciscus, known for his modest intrusion, has rejected an overdone gift from Italian sports car manufacturer Lamborghini. According to the Vatican, the leader of the Catholic Church received a special production of the Hurucan model on Wednesday.
In front of tens of thousands of people, Pope Franciscus spoke against Rome on Wednesday in Rome. 'The priest says,' Raise your heart. ' He does not say, 'Raises your cellphone,' said the Pope.
The Italian police arrested tens of thousands of suspects in a major operation against the mafia in three cities and seized over 50 million euros of property. That happened in actions in Reggio Calabria, Naples and Florence.
