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ANSA. Italian-led study has found blood cells in amniotic fluid, paving the way for new treatment for babies before they are born.In particular, the discovery holds out hope of getting to hereditary genetic diseases quick enough to make a difference, said Marina Cavazzano Calvo of the Necker Hospital in Paris. (Read the article)

ANSA. Pope Benedict XVI on Monday made a historic visit to Rome city hall - the third pontiff ever to have done so after Paul VI and John Paul II. (Read the article)

THE NEW YORK TIMES. International theater and world music will be front and center at this year’s Lincoln Center Festival, which will run from July 7 to 26 with visitors from Russia, Poland, Italy, Hungary, Israel and Africa.  From Italy, Piccolo Teatro di Milano and Teatri Uniti offer a production of Carlo Goldoni’s “Villeggiatura” trilogy from 1761 (July 22 to 26). Piccolo Teatro di Milano brought Goldoni’s “Arlecchino, Servant of Two Masters” to the festival in 2005. (Read the article by Ben Sisario)

THE NEW YORK TIMES.  You won’t find “Sopranos”-style macho posturing in Frank Ingrasciotta’s one-man show, “Blood Type: Ragu” (nothing gangster related, really), now at the Actors’ Playhouse. But as someone once said of “The Godfather,” you can certainly smell the spaghetti (...) Mr. Ingrasciotta, a veteran performer and director who teaches acting at the State University of New York College at Purchase, has been shaping and polishing this piece for 11 years and definitely has a point to make about family (Read the review by Andy Webster).

Blood Type Ragu - Poem Intro from Blood Type Ragu on Vimeo.