Tag Archives: Rome

‘To think that David could be pornographic means truly not understanding the contents of the Bible. and not understanding Renaissance art,’ said the director of the Galleria dell’Accademia, where the David lives. Source link

Families from Syria, Afghanistan, Rwanda and Ukraine were in the Vatican auditorium to meet Pope Francis on Saturday. Source link

A witness said the man was known to board members and had been previously reported to authorities for making threats against local residents. Rome’s mayor called an emergency security meeting for Monday. Source link

Mussolini’s tomb is a pilgrimage site that regularly attracts visitors, but Sunday’s gathering differed from previous ones, with Fascist sympathisers expressing support for Italy’s new PM Giorgia Meloni. Source link

Since the beginning of the conflict in February, French President Emmanuel Macron has differed from other Western leaders in pushing to keep talks open with his Russian President Vladimir Putin. Source link

A conservative bloc dominated by the far-right has won Italy’s general election, leaving the LGBTQ community wondering what’s next for them. Source link

Leader of Catholic Church says people fleeing are divided into ‘first class, second class, by skin colour, developed country or non-developed one’; he also says he does not approve of buying of weapons. Source link

China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi has met US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Rome as the war in Ukraine threatens to become a new source of tension between the two countries.China’s state-run CCTV said Monday afternoon in a one line article that the pair had met, without elaborating. The …