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ROME, May 24, 2026 (WAFA) – More than 220 Italian priests have declared their support for the rights of the Palestinian people and called for holding Israel accountable.

The Catholic Church — especially in Italy — was profoundly shocked by the news of the death of Father Matteo Balzano, a 35-year-old priest who took his own life on Saturday, July 5. Alarm was ...

An Italian bishop has prohibited unvaccinated priests and lay people from distributing Communion as Italy tightens its COVID-19 restrictions. Bishop Giacomo Cirulli of the southern Italian diocese of ...

ROME – An Italian priest has been placed under house arrest on charges of aggravated sexual assault against a minor, while also facing at least five other charges of abuse in other communities said to ...

ROME (AP) — Italy’s top criminal court has confirmed the extradition of an Italian priest sought by Argentina on charges of murder and torture during its last military dictatorship, rejecting the ...

A priest prepares to distribute Communion during Mass in Washington in this 2011 photo. (Credit: Bob Roller/CNS.) Listen ROME – A bishop in the southern Italian region of Campania is making waves for ...

The funeral of Matteo Balzano, a young Italian priest who recently took his own life at the age of 35, was held July 8 in the presence of the faithful — especially young people — he served at the ...

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