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Pope Francis is offering his summer vacation palace as a tourist attraction
November 2016 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Pope Francis is offering his summer vacation palace as a tourist attraction. Castel Gandolfo is just outside of Rome and his private apartment has been converted into a museum. The pontiff has visited the palace a couple of times since his election...
Cardinals are protesting a McDonald’s being opened in St. Peter’s Square
November 2016 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Cardinals are protesting a McDonald’s being opened in St. Peter’s Square. The red-hatted “Princes of the Church” have complained that the new fast food restaurant is disrespectful of the architectural traditions of the...
Da Michele Pizzeria of Naples is bringing a taste of Italy to London
November 2016 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Da Michele Pizzeria of Naples, known as the best pizzeria in the world, is bringing a taste of Italy to London. Opened in Naples in 1870, the pizzeria, where only margherita and marinara pizza are served, is opening a brand in the northwest section...
Fighting food waste in Milan
November 2016 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A novel idea in fighting food waste is in the works in Milan where, on Saturday afternoons, market vendors bring their boxes of unsold fruit and vegetables to a local neighborhood where students take the leftover unsold food and distribute it to...
Sting is upset that as many as 40 illegal immigrants worked his estate last year
November 2016 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Rock star Sting who owns an 865-acre wine producing estate in Tuscany is reported to be upset that as many as 40 illegal immigrants worked his estate last year. According to investigators, 11 people were implicated with charges of fraud, profiting...
A wine fountain in the Abruzzo region has been inaugurated
November 2016 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A wine fountain in the Abruzzo region of central Italy has been inaugurated and is accessible 24/7. The fontana del vino is located in Caldari di Ortona and is completely free; just bring your glass! The fountain helps promote a pilgrimage to the...
Italian Navy and Coast Guard continue to rescue migrants
October 2016 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Mass departures of migrants from North Africa is constant and the Italian Navy and Coast Guard continue to rescue migrants desperate to reach Italy. In a recent mission, 2,700 boat migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya and 15 bodies were...
Pope Francis hailed volunteers as "artisans of mercy"
October 2016 | La Gazzetta Italiana
In the recent canonization ceremony of Mother Teresa, now Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Pope Francis hailed volunteers as “artisans of mercy” and denounced those who “turn the other way not to see the many forms of poverty that beg...
Aug. 24 earthquake made the Apennines grow
October 2016 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology claimed the Aug. 24 earthquake made the Apennines grow. GPS stations measuring the soil movements explained the fault line that runs through the Apennines caused the extension. The...
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