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Italy’s new high-speed rail line looks to reverse depopulation, lift southern economy

Cs news3 months ago06 mins

By Giulia Segreti SANT’AGATA DE’ GOTI, Italy (Reuters) – Italy’s high-speed railway is finally pressing into the heart of the underdeveloped south, using European Union funds in the hope that the new network will help reverse years of depopulation and lift the lacklustre economy. The 145-kilometre (90-mile) line will connect the cities of Naples on…

What to know about Carlo Acutis, the Catholic Church’s new millennial saint

Cs news3 months ago06 mins

Carlo Acutis will become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint at a solemn canonization Mass on April 27 in St. Peter’s Square. But throngs of pilgrims are already flocking to the church in Assisi, Italy, where his body wearing sneakers, jeans and a sweatshirt lies in a shrine. Here’s more on the teenage boy who’s…