Milan

US rabbi reviving Jewish roots in her family’s Italian town

By Frances D'emilio — July 20, 2022
SERRASTRETTA, Italy (AP) — Ordained at the Rabbinical Seminary International in New York, she served at a synagogue in Florida for a few years before moving to Italy, where she first worked as a rabbi in Milan from 2004-2005.

Despite coronavirus, in Italy communion is stronger than quarantine

By Claire Giangravé — March 17, 2020
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — For the past three days now, my entire neighborhood has emerged from balconies and windows to sing together. People I have never spoken to before now greet me every day at six in the evening.

Pope Francis firms up his legacy with appointment of new cardinals

By Thomas Reese — September 2, 2019
(RNS) — After Oct. 15, 53% of the cardinal electors will have been appointed by Francis.

Milan measure restricting the construction of mosques thrown out

By Rosie Scammell — February 25, 2016
ROME (RNS) Italy’s constitutional court on Wednesday (Feb. 24) overturned the rule imposed in the Lombardy region, after the central government intervened saying the measure violated civil rights.

Loss of papacy leaves some Italians grumbling

By Eric J. Lyman — March 18, 2013
ROME (RNS) "With each conclave, fewer and fewer people will even remember when there was an Italian pope," says La Stampa's Giacomo Galeazzi.
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