History & culture
Sculpting Faith: Timothy Schmalz's Live Art at the National Eucharistic Congress
July 2025 | La Gazzetta Italiana
In a compelling interview with EWTN, renowned Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz shared insights into his creative process and spiritual inspiration live-sculpting Blessed Carlo Acutis during the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress. The conversation,...
A Look Back: Little Italy, Montreal
July 2025 | Angela Spitalieri
We hope you are enjoying your summer! This month we bring you back to an article from July 2019 on the beautiful Little Italy Montreal. Please remember to share those Festivals with us so we can advertise in our local section. If you...
A Year of Grace and Renewal: The 2025 Catholic Jubilee
July 2025 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The Holy See Website: A Digital Window into the Vatican
Il sito web www.vatican.va è il sito ufficiale del Vaticano. Ricco di storia, dottrine e attività del Papa, il sito è fondamentale per capire meglio la Santa Sede. Il sito contiene una...
"In the Light of the Sun" by Angela Shupe
July 2025 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Siamo nel 1941, e nelle Filippine, Caramina Grassi sogna di andare in Italia per studiare canto lirico e seguire le orme della sorella maggiore, Rosa. Ma con lo scoppio della guerra, il suo mondo viene sconvolto, costringendola ad aggrapparsi alla...
Finding the Missing Family Link
July 2025 | Kathy Nano Bolanowski
Sometimes, finding family information begins in a non-suspecting way! Flight attendant Raymond DiBiasi was having a discussion with his mother about the family lore of being Armenian since having Italian cousins living in Sicily appeared to be a...
So, You Want to be a Genuine Eye-talian
July 2025 | William Giovinazzo
Several years ago, when I worked in an office, a coworker stopped by my desk to show me his newly minted Italian passport. I was shocked. When I told him I didn’t realize he was from Italy, he told me he wasn’t. He was from Jersey. He then filled...
Pope Leo XIV
June 2025 | La Gazzetta Italiana
L'8 maggio 2025, la Chiesa Cattolica ha vissuto un giorno indimenticabile: l'elezione del nuovo papa. Il Cardinale Robert Francis Prevost è stato eletto e ha assunto il nome di Papa Leone XIV. Papa Leone è il primo papa statunitense. Durante la sua...
Italian or Sicilian?
June 2025 | William Giovinazzo
When I was young, if I said I was Italian, my mother would correct me, “You are only half Italian. The other half is Sicilian.” At the time, I thought she was just being difficult. I learned later that many Sicilians, at least of her generation,...
A Look Back: Little Italy, Philadelphia
June 2025 | Angela Spitalieri
June is here and that means festival time! If your community or parish has an upcoming festival, please contact us so that we can help you promote it.The weather is finally pleasant, and we hope you have a chance to get outside and enjoy it. From...