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Pilgrims and Romans will be able to watch the funeral rite of Pope John Paul II on large screens in at least 11 locations in the city: S. Maria Maggiore, S. Giovanni in Laterano, S. Paolo, Tor Vergata, Circo Massimo, Pia...
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If you think that the immense line of people waiting to pay their last respects to John Paul II is too much for you, you wont be joining the lines to buy commemorative souvenirs either. Ho...
House prices in Italy continued their upward trend in 2004, according to a recent report from the large real estate agency Tecnocasa. Prices in the second half of last year rose by an average of six per cent in major cit...
Rome Baptist Church will start its third term of English classes on Tues 12 April at 18.30. There are currently four levels available taught by English mother-tongue teachers. Classes last for ten weeks and are free. All...
The name of Rome's central station, the "Stazione Termini", may be changed in memory of Pope John Paul II. City mayor, Walter Veltroni, announced that he had asked the state railways to consider this request, at an extra...
The American International Club of Rome is an international group that meets regularly to provide its members with an opportunity to enjoy mutual interests and experiences through cultural, educational and social exchang...
The 40th edition of the Agriturist, a guide to farms offering holiday accommodation in Italy, is out now. There are more than 13,500 farms all over Italy offering restaurants and accommodation. Many have swimming pools a...
Riccardo Muti resigned as musical director of the Teatro alla Scala, the famous Milan opera house, on 2 April. In his resignation letter Muti, who was appointed to the position in 1986, explained that hostility towards h...
Italy is Europes number one for freelancers, with 28 per cent of the workforce registered as self-employed. The new finding comes from the recently released OECD Factbook 2005: Environmental and Social Statistics, which...
At 08.00 on Tuesday, the people queuing to pay their respects to the body of John Paul II stretched from Vicolo delle Palline near Borgo S. Angelo, snaking through for about a kilometre to Via Conciliazione and finally t...
Italys opposition centre-left coalition scored an overwhelming victory in regional elections this Sunday and Monday. Initial fears that turnout would be low following the death of Pope John Paul II on Saturday proved unf...
Employees of the Vatican, including Vatican radio staff, have been queuing for several hours to pay their last respects to the body of Pope John Paul II in the Clementine hall inside the Vatican. Large numbers of people...
People have already started arriving in Rome to pay their respects to John Paul II, who died on Saturday evening and whose body will lie in state in St Peters basilica from Monday afternoon to the funeral which is expect...
Italian politicians and officials, Vatican clerics and members of the diplomatic corps paid their respects throughout Sunday 3 April to the late Pope John Paul II, whose body is lying in state in the Vatican.
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Thousands of mourners gathered in St Peter's square this morning for a commemorative mass for John Paul II.
Pilgrims and tourists listened then applauded as Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of state under Pope John Pau...
The first decision that the college of cardinals will take when it meets in the Vatican on Monday 4 April is to decide the time of the transfer of the body of Pope John Paul II to St Peters basilica where it will lie in...
The Italian region of Lombardy has released the results of a survey on how young couples are living and dividing the domestic chores. Conducted for them by three separate pollsters, 2,881 people between the ages of 21 an...
by Laura Clarke.
Non ci sar unaltro papa come lui. There will be no other pope like him, said an elderly lady at the news of the death of John Paul II, wiping the tears from her eyes. She was one of many people in St Pe...
All through Friday evening people have been gathering in St Peters Square to wait for news of the death of Pope John Paul II. Families with children, young couples, small groups of nuns, stood watching the two brightly l...
Italians go to the polls on Sunday 3 April and Monday 4 April to elect 14 regional governments, two provincial governments and 367 city and town councils, of which nine are provincial capitals. In total, more than 41 mil...
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