By FRANCES D’EMILIO Italy’s new president, Sergio Mattarella, assumed office Tuesday with a ringing call to the nation to root out organized crime and corruption devouring public resources and solve…
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Pope Francis named 15 new cardinals Sunday, selecting them from 14 nations including far-flung corners of the world such as Tonga, New Zealand, Cape Verde and Myanmar…
By LLAZAR SEMINI, COLLEEN BARRY Italian prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the crippled Greek ferry Norman Atlantic back to Italy as part of a criminal investigation, saying they feared more bodies…
By BRADLEY KLAPPER The CIA and several of its past leaders are stepping up a campaign to discredit a five-year Senate investigation into the CIA’s harrowing interrogation practices after 9/11,…
By COLLEEN BARRY Models wear creations for Dolce & Gabbana men’s Spring-Summer 2015 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Saturday, June 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Luca…
By NICOLE WINFIELD FILE – In this Monday, June 10, 2013 file photo, Ernst von Freyberg, president of the Vatican Bank I.O.R. (Istituto per le Opere Religiose), talks with the…
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Democratic Party head Matteo Renzi arrives to his party headquarters for a meeting with former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, in Rome, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. Renzi, who…
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Pope Francis arrives in St. Peter’s square to visit a nativity scene after he celebrated a New Year’s Eve vespers service in St. Peter’s Basilica at the…
