Italy’s Meloni makes first state visit to meet with Francis
Vatican CityReuters Italy’s new rightist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met Pope Francis and top Vatican officials on Tuesday, holding what the Holy See called “cordial discussions”. Meloni, who took office in October at the helm of the most right-wing government in Italy’s postwar history, is a staunch Catholic conservative. Pope Francis speaks to Italian Prime […]
Pope Francis puts Jews’ desperate wartime appeals to Pope Pius XII online
Vatican CityRNS After opening its trove of Pius XII’s papers to scholars in 2020, the Vatican is making available to the public almost 40,000 files containing appeals by Jews fearing Nazi persecution for help from the wartime Pope. The decision, announced on Thursday, follows reports by researchers and academics suggesting that the controversial Pope prioritised […]