ITALY FORMS NEW GOVERNMENT AFTER 2-MONTH STALEMATE
By FRANCES D’EMILIO In this picture taken Thursday, April 25, 2013, Italian premier-designate Enrico Letta meets the journalists at the lower chamber in Rome, at the end of a day…
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ITALIAN PROTEST PARTY: PEOPLE FED UP WITH POLITICS
Comic-turned political agitator and leader of the anti-establishment 5 Star Movement Beppe Grillo arrives for a press conference in Rome, Sunday, April 21, 2013. Italy’s Parliament on Saturday re-elected Giorgio…
NAPOLITANO RE-ELECTED ITALY’S PRESIDENT
NAPOLITANO RE-ELECTED ITALY’S PRESIDENT FILE – In this Feb. 28, 2013 file photo Italian President Giorgio Napolitano arrives for a meeting with German President Joachim Gauck at Bellevue Palace in…
FRANCIS HONORS JOHN PAUL II BEFORE INSTALLATION
By FRANCES D’EMILIO FILE – In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 photo, Pope Francis greets the faithful at the end of the Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the…
POPE’S FOOT-WASHING FINAL BLOW FOR TRADITIONALISTS
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis, right, looks up to the Crucifix during the Passion of Christ Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, March 29, 2013. Pope Francis…
OBAMA SENDS PRAYERS, WARM WISHES TO NEW POPE
By JOSH LEDERMAN Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who chose the…
ROME BRACES FOR CONCLAVE CROWD CONTROL CHALLENGE
By FRANCES D’EMILIO FILE — In this file photo taken on Feb. 24, 2013, policeman patrol as faithful gather the last Angelus noon prayer of Pope Benedict XVI, celebrated from…