Italy’s president started formal consultations with political leaders Thursday with the aim of quickly giving the country a new government,

Italy’s president started formal consultations with political leaders Thursday with the aim of quickly giving the country a new government, which is expected to be the country’s first led by the far right since the end of World War II.

New Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni , far-right leader heads to EU HQ to break ice

Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party has neo-fascist roots and she has governed since Oct

Pope tightens oversight of Vatican linked foundations

Pope Francis has tightened control and oversight over Vatican based foundations and associations in his latest effort to impose international standards of accounting and governance on Vatican offices

Italy slams ECB for hiking borrowing costs as recession looms

The criticism comes after the European Central Bank raised interest rates by half a percentage point.

Pope Francis laments the icy winds of war and senseless conflict in Ukraine in Christmas message at the Vatican

Francis delivered the traditional "Urbi et Orbi" (Latin for "to the city and to the world") speech from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.