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Saint of the Day: St. Nicholas of Myra

Italy

PanForte, an Italian holiday dessert

V. M. Traverso

The Catholic origins of Siena’s Christmas cake

Vatican and Wine

V. M. Traverso

The wineries making the preferred papal vino

Christ Carrying the Cross

V. M. Traverso

The 16th-century painting credited with bringing God’s healing from ailments

Museum of Memory, Assisi 1943-1944 Exhibition

J-P Mauro

Assisi efforts to save Jews during WWII on display in NY

MOTHER FRANCES CABRINI

J-P Mauro

New biopic on St. Frances Xavier Cabrini coming March 2024

Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù

Isabella H. de Carvalho

Italy, Vatican ready to help UK baby before docs pull life-support

Amborgio Lorenzetti Crucifix after restoration

V. M. Traverso

How experts restored a 14th-century wooden crucifix

Saint Michael the Archangel

V. M. Traverso

The little-known Italian cave church of St. Michael

Parmesan cutting

V. M. Traverso

How Catholic monks invented Parmesan cheese

Grapes on the vine

V. M. Traverso

4 Tuscan monasteries have been making wine for centuries

Pope Francis funeral President Giorgio Napolitano

Isabella H. de Carvalho

Pope Francis visits wake of former Italian President

Tomb of St. Gaudiosus

V. M. Traverso

Innovative job creation: Journey to Naples’ early Christian catacombs

Daniel Esparza

A new altar for the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii

Daniel Esparza

Giovanni Guida: “All true art is already sacred”

Priest in empty church

J-P Mauro

Italian Mass attendance lower than ever in wake of pandemic

St-Luke-by-Vincenzo-Foppa

V. M. Traverso

The little-known “Sistine Chapel” of Milan

Monsignor Emir Paul Tscherrig

I.Media

Cardinal-designate Emil Paul Tscherrig, papal nuncio to Italy

Italian National Basketball Team with Down Syndrome, European Champions, 2023

Cerith Gardiner

The incredible European basketball champions with Down syndrome

Daniel Esparza

The floors of the Cathedral of Siena

Malta

Daniel Esparza

Giotto’s Birth of the Virgin: Various “moments” in one image

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