Dear friends, once again there are many things we at We the Italians are working on. Whether alone or in partnership with some friends, we are happy to continue promoting the friendship between Italy and the United States and the significant contribution of Italian Americans to the relationship between our countries. We begin with an event that wil...

The Rev. Paul Galetto once showed a young Robert Prevost around the city of Rome — decades later, Prevost held his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel as Pope Leo XIV, the first pope in the Catholic Church's history to be born in the United States. Galetto, the pastor at St. Paul Church in South Philadelphia's Italian Market, once lived with Prevost....

The this-should-be-made-into-a-movie life of Joey Eye began in 1969 in Palermo, Sicily, when his 14-year-old mother and 35-year-old father gave him up for adoption. He was sent to Philadelphia. He grew up as “a little curly-haired Italian kid” in a rough Irish-German neighborhood in North Philadelphia (“that built character”) and later found comfor...

  L'attrice italoamericana Ellen Pompeo premiata con una stella sulla Walk of Fame di Hollywood Martin Scorsese annuncia un film che conterrà l’ultima intervista di Papa Francesco Immigrati che hanno costruito l'Italian Market di South Philadelphia celebrati in nuovi murales Ray Romano e Sebastian Maniscalco scherzano sulle Alpi italiane in un prom...

Team Italy catcher and Azzurri cleanup hitter  Brett Sullivan, who led all catchers in the 2023 World Baseball Classic with seven hits and compiled an impressive .368 batting average (7-for-19) during the international competition, was traded from the San Diego Padres to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for outfielder Bryce Johnson and cash consi...

South Philadelphia's 9th Street Market is getting ready to host its annual Italian Market Festival next month. And with it comes some new displays of public art. The festival is coming up on May 17, but this weekend, three murals will be unveiled on South 9th Street.  They depict some of the market's founders who helped shape it since the very begi...

Filitalia International, the nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Italian language and culture founded by Dr Pasquale Nestico in 1987, proudly announces the re-election of Saverio Nestico as its President during its biennial convention. Nestico, first elected as the 7th President in 2023, was unanimously re-elected...

Philly is a city full of culinary treats, but at Sapore, you can pair it all with the city’s widest selection of limoncello and a water-side view. Nestled inside River’s Casino (in the former Martorano’s Prime space), this fresh Italian kitchen-style restaurant boasts traditional flavors with modern twists, plus, an assortment of hand-crafted sips....

For one weekend each year, the nation’s oldest outdoor continuous market transforms into Philadelphia’s largest block party. With more than 120 vendors, live entertainment, and an action-packed schedule of activities, the South 9th Street Italian Market Festival will once again showcase the rich history and culture of this historic Philly landmark...

Thursday, May 22, 6 p.m. - Heinz History Center - 1212 Smallman Street - Pittsburgh, PA. Free to the public. Author Mary Ferro in conversation with Melissa E. Marinaro, director of the Italian American Program. Ferro's memoir, "From Calabria to Carnegie: Music for Bread" is a true story tracing the Ferro family’s remarkable journey across continent...