ROME (AP) — Host nation Italy is going to really spread around the honors at the upcoming Milan-Cortina Olympics with an unprecedented four flag bearers for the opening ceremonies. While the main opening is slated for the San Siro soccer stadium in Milan on Feb. 6, there will also be a smaller event that Friday…
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…
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…