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P(ANSA) – Rome, May 2 – Institutional reforms, helping the needy, and setting high standards for public role models were all themes addressed by Pope Francis on Friday.BRThe pontiff, just days after a major international event where he canonized two … Continue reading
P(ANSA) – Vatican City, April 23 – Pope Francis said Wednesday that “every effort” and “generosity” must be applied to help those who have lost their jobs. “Do not stand with folded hands,” the pope said at his weekly audience … Continue reading
P(ANSA) – Rome, April 14 – Italy needs to improve its coordination against organised crime using new instruments to measure international currency flows used by the mafia, Senate Speaker Pietro Grasso said Monday.BR”Crime phenomena are changing rapidly to adapt quickly … Continue reading
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-c70cc9b1f3dad5c94afcc52ed82f10e0.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Pope urges mafia to repent, turn from path to hell” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-c70cc9b1f3dad5c94afcc52ed82f10e0.jpg” (Updates) (ANSA) – Rome, March 21 – Pope Francis urged mafia members to repent during a prayer vigil for families of victims of … Continue reading
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-b9c675532b2a2eacca3801d4b591169e.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Schulz urges Italy to bolster up, praises Renzi” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-b9c675532b2a2eacca3801d4b591169e.jpg” (see related) (ANSA) – Brussels, March 20 – European Parliament President Martin Schulz on Thursday urged Italy to gather up strength, saying that the European … Continue reading
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-93645921c98deb8938cbf30a07d341bf.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”President urges parliament to address euthanasia” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-93645921c98deb8938cbf30a07d341bf.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, March 18 – President Giorgio Napolitano urged parliament on Tuesday “not to ignore” the issue of physician-assisted suicide and to produce “ideas on the … Continue reading
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-d0f4729f4661a94d085d14638f81ce77.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Camusso urges gov’t to address social, economic issues” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-d0f4729f4661a94d085d14638f81ce77.jpg” (ANSA) – Turin, March 7 – Susanna Camusso, the leader of Italy’s largest trade union CGIL has publicly urged the government to immediately address the … Continue reading
IMG class=hide alt=”Pope urges compassion for failed marriages” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-84b3fecfbda7f73e201ca80bd08c2f33.jpg” (By Denis Greenan). P(ANSA) – Vatican City, February 28 – Pope Francis on Friday continued to strike new and conciliatory notes on contentious Catholic issues by preaching compassion for people in … Continue reading
IMG class=hide alt=”Napolitano urges ‘maximum attention’ to people in hardship” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-8235e345c56acdf0f51597a1e2a35dde.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, December 16 – Italian President Giorgio Napolitano called Monday for “maximum attention” to be paid to people who live in “hardship” and poverty. POtherwise, the frustration … Continue reading