Last weekend, addressing a crowd of over 200,000, Pope Francis told mafia members that they embrace evil and that they will be excommunicated. In the battle to rid Italy of the mafia … [Read more...]
The Frightening Rogue of the Week: The Anonymous Cardinal
Within the group of cardinals sending out smoke signals from the Sistine chapel in Rome, Italy, lurks a cardinal who recently justified paedophilia as a phenomenon which is physiological and … [Read more...]
The Church in Casella, Italy and the Lovely Antica Trattoria della Posta Restaurant
Casella, if you do not know it, is a village lying in the hills behind Genoa in Liguria, Italy. After a ride on a rickety little train, I ended up there for the first time this August and … [Read more...]
Water and Light
Not sure just where this is, but it is definitely in Italy somewhere. It's a glorious combination of water and light, and I suspect you will like it. It's very Italian too. Although … [Read more...]
Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo
That the Roman Catholic Church paid a fundamental role in the evolution of Italy can be seen from the often opulent decoration of the churches which litter this country. The amount of … [Read more...]