Rome Conflict & Tragedy News

Italian tax police seized works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Cezanne, and other giants of art in a crackdown on assets hidden by the disgraced founder of the collapsed dairy company Parmalat. Authorities estimated the 19 masterpieces stashed away in attics...

A proposal from the right-wing Northern League for a referendum banning Islamic minarets in Italy was rejected on Tuesday by allies in the center-right government. Seizing on the vote in Switzerland this weekend, which came out favor of banning the...

The late Ted Kennedy was brother to the United States' only Catholic president. He received his first Communion from Pope Pius XII, and was married by the Archbishop of New York. He championed social causes such as civil rights and...

According to Pope Benedict XVI, his fall and ensuing broken wrist was the will of the Almighty. He stated on Wednesday, "Perhaps the Lord wanted to teach me more patience and humility, give me more time for prayer and meditation,"...

In a recent poll released by an Italian civil rights group revealed that China still leads the pack in the amount of prisoners put to death in 2008, despite the fact that overall executions of prisoners is down. Other nations...

In northern Italy,near Viearegio city,the explosion happened in a gas tanker of cargo train. As a result 13 people were died and 36 others were injured. The train derailed from track,so gas leaked from a gas tanker. Because of explosion,...

A furious fiancee dumped her boyfriend after catching him fondling another girl's boobs on Facebook just days before their wedding. The angry fiancee, named only as Valeria A. by Italian media, plastered posters all over the Italian capital Rome when...