Italy

Italian Mayor's Crusade Against Islam: Bans Prayers & Burkinis

A coastal town in northern Italy is in disarray after its far-right mayor introduced a series of policies aimed against its immigrant Muslim population, with the latest being a ban on Muslim prayer passed in November last year.

Lesbian Christmas Nativity Scene Declared “Blasphemous” in Italy

While many churches worldwide celebrated Christmas last year by sticking to longstanding traditions, a church in a town in Italy did something different, especially when setting up the Nativity scene, often a centerpiece in many communities and churches.

The Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Capocastello di Mercogliano became the center of controversy in Italy after it set up a Nativity scene featuring two mothers instead of Joseph and Mary's traditional setup.

Pope Francis Blasts Fraudulent Virgin Mary Miracle

Almost two months after a woman in Italy was exposed for fraud involving a statue of the Virgin Mary, Pope Francis reminded the faithful that apparitions involving the Madonna are “not always real.”

Crying Virgin Mary Statue Exposed as Fraud, Italian Woman Flees In Response

An Italian woman given the moniker “The Saint” mysteriously left a lakeside town near Rome after a private investigator opened a judicial investigation against her after claiming that the Virgin Mary statue she brought shed tears of blood.

Vatican intervenes to stop proposed anti-homophobia law in Italy

The Vatican had sent a letter to the Italian government to request a change in a new anti-homophobia law to be passed. On June 17th, a "verbal note" by the Vatican's secretary of relation with states, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, was delivered to the Italian embassy, as confirmed by a spokesperson of the Vatican.

 

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