Italy Conflict & Tragedy News

King Umberto 1 of Italy made a trip to Monza on July 28, 1900. That evening he went to a restaurant to eat and was surprised to find that the owner of the restaurant was a virtual double of himself....

A lot of news coverage on Amanda Knox has people questioning just who are our neighbors, the ones we go to church with, the ones we converse with in the supermarkets. If someone as sweet, young, and angelic as her...

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...

When Italy's Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, returned from the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh on Sunday to Milan and dropped this gem, "I have greetings from someone tan, what's his name? Barack Obama! You will not believe it, but the two...

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...

If there is a perfect artist to stir controversy that is Amedeo Modigliani. Just to say, is one of the most forged artists from the 'mockery' of the famous heads. So much so that at the end of June, the...

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...