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Italian Senate blocks controversial ‘anti-homophobia’ bill

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Vatican City, Oct 28, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA).
A bill to introduce “anti-homophobia” legislation in Italy, harshly criticized by pro-famil… […]

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Vaccine pass required for tourist visits to some Italian cathedrals

August 20, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Rome, Italy, Aug 20, 2021 / 10:34 am (CNA).
Proof of coronavirus vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test is now required for tourists who wish to visit the Duomo in Florence, St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, and many o… […]

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Italian police say sender of  envelope with bullets addressed to Pope Francis has been identified

August 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis waves during his Angelus address at the Vatican, Aug. 8, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Milan, Italy, Aug 9, 2021 / 17:44 pm (CNA).
Italian police announced Monday that the sender of the letter addressed to Pope Francis containing three bul… […]

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Officials study miracle attributed to Italian Catholic who died at age 21

July 14, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Nicola d’Onofrio (1943-1964). / Screenshot from ACI Prensa YouTube channel.

Rome, Italy, Jul 14, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Church officials are studying a reported miracle attributed to an Italian Catholic who died at the age of 21, the postulator … […]

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Italy’s ‘anti-homophobia’ law: Vatican request sparks Church-state debate

June 25, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Rome, Italy, Jun 25, 2021 / 04:45 am (CNA).
From the prime minister to a famous rapper, many Italians have weighed in on the Vatican’s recent intervention in a possible new “anti… […]

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Vatican intervenes in proposed ‘anti-homophobia’ law in Italy

June 22, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican secretary for relations with states. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Vatican City, Jun 22, 2021 / 04:35 am (CNA).
The Vatican has intervened with the Italian state in a proposed “anti-homophobia” law, saying that the … […]

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Countdown to beatification of martyred Italian nun begins with Eucharistic adoration

June 4, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Sister Maria Laura Mainetti. Public domain.

Rome Newsroom, Jun 4, 2021 / 05:15 am (CNA).
The celebrations in northern Italy for the beatification of Sr. Maria Laura Mainetti began Thursday night with Eucharistic adoration at a church in her home… […]

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Italian cardinal: Our synodal journey will not be like Germany’s

May 28, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, president of the Italian bishops’ conference, at a press conference in Bari, Italy, on Jan. 22, 2020. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Rome Newsroom, May 28, 2021 / 03:20 am (CNA).
An Italian cardinal told journalists Thursday t… […]

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Pope Francis prays for 5-year-old survivor and 14 people killed in cable car accident

May 25, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis at his general audience address in the library of the Apostolic Palace May 5, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Rome Newsroom, May 25, 2021 / 05:10 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said on Tuesday that he was praying for the five-year-old survivor of a … […]

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Bishops offer prayers for 14 victims of cable car accident in Italy

May 24, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

The site of the cable car crash on the Mottarone mountain on May 23, 2021. / Italian National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps

Rome Newsroom, May 24, 2021 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Fourteen people died in a cable car crash in northern Italy Sunday … […]

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