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by Dan Stamm   The Pope himself said he is likely coming to the City of Brotherly Love. NBC News correspondent Anne Thompson told the "Today" show Thursday that she spoke to Pope Francis during his recent flight to South Korea. Thompson said she asked His Holiness in Italian if he would be attending the World Meeting of Families in Phi...

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Dove una volta, prima che il sisma del 1980 la distruggesse, sorgeva la chiesa arcipretale che conservava un affresco del 1713 di Cacciapoti, raffigurante la gloria di San Giorgio Martire, patrono della città di Airola, da oggi si staglia al centro di quella che una volta fu la piazza centrale una statua in bronzo del cavaliere santo che trafigge i...

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Vatican sources say the pope intends to visit Philadelphia, September 2015 during the Catholic church's World Meeting of Families, an international gathering that takes place every three years.   When Philadelphia was first announced as the site, Pope Benedict XVI he said he planned to attend. Speculation has been building as to if Francis w...

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Pope Francis started his big American trip with a little Italian style. After the Pontiff landed at Joint Base Andrews and was greeted by President Obama, he slipped into the backseat of a Fiat 500L sporting the Vatican's SCV 1 license plates, for Stato della Città del Vaticano, or State of Vatican City.   It was not immediately clear i...

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by Mario Angotta   Michele Napoletano, the Brooklyn-born mayor of Airola in the Province of Benevento, last week inaugurated a statue of St. George the Martyr, patron of his town, which was funded by Italian-Americans living in New York.   The mayor says that the outpouring of camaraderie and Italian pride from Italian-Americans who...

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By Patricia Montemurri   Just before Pope Francis departed the Vatican for his Cuba/U.S. trip, he picked a metro-Detroit bred astronomer, Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, to lead the Catholic Church's study of the heavens as director of the Vatican Observatory.   On Friday, when the appointment was announced, Francis lunched at the Vat...

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Jude Law is reportedly in advanced talks to play a fictional Italian-American pope in Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino’s first television venture, "The Young Pope". Sources close to the production have confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter that Law is currently in negotiations, but has not confirmed the role.   Law would play a hardline...

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European Studies at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and The US-Italy Global Affairs Forum invite you to a panel discussion on Francis I: A New Pope for a Globalized World?

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We're celebrating all things Italian this month onGoodtaste.tv. Fitting that October is National Pasta Month, as well as the birth month of Columbus himself! I have some timeless recipes, how-to videos and more authentic eats from big names, beginning with Lidia Bastianich. I've worked with Lidia several times (once in MY kitchen) and find her...

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In 2014, Pope Francis designated Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church a minor basilica. Founded in 1908, this Roman Catholic parish originally served the Italian community of Central Youngstown, OH. In the following interview, La Gazzetta and Pastor Monsignor Michael J. Cariglio discuss the church's new status.   La Gazzetta (LG): Thank you for w...

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