Leo XIV will work to translate the ideal of one heart, one mind into structures that protect the vulnerable worker, the displaced migrant and the wounded planet. Smoke will tell us when a new pope ...

Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet. Traditionally, the nativity scene is pastoral -- meant to inspire feelings of joy, not gut-wrenching horror. No wonder, then, that the nativity scene recently ...

There’s a long history of hate groups using new technologies to spread their message. In the 1930s, it was radio. In the 2010s, it was social media. In 2025, it ...

In 1929, the Vatican City State was created with the signing of the Lateran Accords between Pope Pius XI and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, in which Italy recognised papal sovereignty over the ...

The Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world, with its own newspaper, national anthem in Latin and supreme leader: the pope. Some 900 people live within its ...

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Italian neo-fascists commemorated the execution of World War II Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini with flower bouquets, Kingdom of Italy flags, and Roman salutes at two ceremonies in Dongo ...

I shouldn’t be surprised that a publication which showed support for Hitler and Mussolini in the 1930s is today spearheading “guilt by association” attacks on individuals for being associated with ...

MILAN, April 29, 1945 (UP) - Italian Patriots executed Benito Mussolini Saturday, and Sunday a howling mob is kicking and spitting on his remains lying in the center of this city where Italian ...

But decades before that, in 1945, April 28 marked the day when Italy’s fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini, was captured by partisans while attempting to flee to Switzerland with his mistress, Clara ...