Rome, April 30,2020: After eight weeks without funerals, Italian families will be able finally to gather together to mourn and pray at funeral Masses for the victims of the coronavirus starting May 4. In Milan, the largest city in Italy’s coronavirus epicenter, priests are preparing for an influx of funeralContinue Reading

Palermo (Italy) : Supporters of a conservative Sicilian priest who called the Catholic Church “false” and “a prostitute” will meet Palermo’s Archbishop Corrado Lorefice to try and prevent his dismissal. In a recent letter, Lorefice ordered Alessandro Minutella to leave Palermo’s San Giovanni Bosco parish by Friday “for a periodContinue Reading

ROME (CNS) — Priests in central Italy were instructed to celebrate Mass outdoors following another devastating earthquake that rocked the region and brought one its most spiritually and historically significant churches tumbling down. Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti of Perugia-Citta della Pieve advised priests to not celebrate Mass indoors over the nextContinue Reading

Following the introduction of civil partnerships, Muslim representatives in Italy are now demanding the legalisation of polygamy. Responding to a new law allowing same sex couples to enter civil unions, Hamza Piccardo argued that if gay relationships, which Muslims disagree with, are a civil right then Italians must accept polygamyContinue Reading