On April 27th, two great Popes will be declared Saint: John XXIII and John Paul II.
Between them the Second Vatican Council and a great absentee on the day of the canonization, Pope Paul VI, who for both of them could have been a point of contact.
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April 27th at 7 pm at the Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. Italy and Poland come together for the celebration of the Popes John XXIII and John Paul II.
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In 2006 Nancy Campbell, an artist from Saugerties and currently, in New York state, while on a trip in Italy with her husband, decided to pay a visit to the her grandfather’s hometown in the hope to untangle the mystery of his origins.
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President Barack Obama's brief but busy visit to Rome and to the Vatican resulted in an invitation, backed by President Giorgio Napolitano, to return to Italy for a longer visit in June. The sole sour note came from Beppe Grillo, who shouted that the U.S. president "comes here to hustle his economy and to get himself photographed with the Pope. He's here to sell us his gasoline and because he's worried that we will cut back on buying the F-35s."
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Raffaello Fadlun, owner of historic La Taverna del Ghetto in Rome, brings to New York his pizza and other traditional Italian favorites that are certified Kosher
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An American journalist and writer who has lived in Rome for the past 40 years reflects on the Eternal City and its icons.
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A conversation with Mayor Ignazio Marino, A member of the center-left Democratic Party, Marino held a seat in the Italian Senate from 2006 until his election as mayor of Rome in June 2013.
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Eni & Art: Bringing Classic Masterpieces to the Crowds. Italy's leading multinational oil and gas company, has worked hard to bring art to a wider public: the formula was first developed in 2008 as an opportunity for dialogue and exchange, with the main objective of exhibiting a single work and offering space for new interpretations. Now, after two centuries, Raphael's The Madonna of Foligno travels back to Foligno itself
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On view through March 16 in the stately halls of the Quirinal Palace in Rome is a stunning exhibition of 110 archaeological treasures, paintings and religious objects, retrieved by the crack Carabinieri art squad over the past three years. The stolen items range from a 6th C. BC warrior's helmet to red- and black-figured Attic vases, a huge gilded cross taken from a church, a pile of rare ancient coins, and l8th Century paintings of Roman ruins. Says General Mariano Mossa: "The illicit trade in art works is now fourth after the clandestine dealing in arms, drugs and financial products. It often involves international organized crime and money laundering. And now they are using the Internet to sell abroad."
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From December 10th to December 12th, Ignazio Marino, Mayor of Rome, was in the US with the mission of promoting the Italian Capital in the world.
