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For Women's Day, Group Takes A Messge To The Vatican
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today is International Women's Day, and the Vatican is opening its doors to a group of women from all over the...
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Vatican Says Ransom Sought For Missing Michelangelo Letters
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View ArticleArchitect Renzo Piano: The Future Of Europe's Cities Is In The Suburbs
Architect Renzo Piano spends one week a month in his hometown of Genoa, Italy. His house-workshop is perched 300 feet above the Mediterranean Sea and can only be reached by a glass-enclosed funicular...
View ArticleRome's Plan For Prostitutes Upsets Sex Workers And The Catholic Chuch
On Rome's southern outskirts, Eur is a middle- and upper-middle class neighborhood full of parks and office buildings. With tens of thousands of people coming and going every day, the neighborhood has...
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Latest Mediterranean Incident Highlights Italy's Migrant Crisis
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: I'm Linda Wertheimer. In just the last week, Italy has rescued some 11,000 migrants fleeing war and poverty...
View ArticleFor Europe-Bound Migrants, Desperation Outweighs Risks
After a two-month wait in Libya, Hassan Silla, a 35-year-old from Sierra Leone, made the sea crossing from northern Africa to southern Italy on a smuggler's boat last February.As one of 76 migrants on...
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Relentless Flow Of Migrants Causes Alarm In Italy
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View ArticleRome's Cinematic 'Dream Factory' Ramps Up Production Once Again
It's just 15 miles south of Rome, but it looks more like ancient Jerusalem.Welcome to the vast backlot at Cinecittà, the sprawling movie metropolis where the original Ben-Hurwas filmed, and a remake is...
View ArticleItaly's Berlusconi Discovers Social Media As A Campaign Tool
Italy holds regional elections Sunday, and one politician trying to make a comeback is the scandal-plagued former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi.Taking his cue from Italy's digitally savvy young...
View ArticleAt World's Fair In Italy, The Future Of Food Is On The Table
For the next six months, Italy is hosting a dinner party — and the entire world is invited to attend.The event, called Expo Milano 2015, is the latest World's Fair. This year's theme is "feeding the...
View ArticleWill Pope's Much-Anticipated Encyclical Be A Clarion Call On Climate Change?
In April this year, on Earth Day, Pope Francis urged everyone to see the world through the eyes of God, as a garden to cultivate."May the way people treat the Earth not be guided by greed,...
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Pope Francis Arrives In U.S. After Visit To Cuba
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Pope Francis arrived today for his first-ever trip to the United States. President Obama and the first last...
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Pope Francis Celebrates First-Ever Mass In U.S.
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Pope Francis Arrives In New York After Speech At Congress
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View ArticleThe Hectic, Tiring, Exciting Task Of Covering A Papal Tour
Competition to get admitted to the papal trip to Cuba and the U.S. was fierce: Some 140 reporters and photographers applied for the 76 seats available for print, radio and TV journalists. I strategized...
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Pope Bids Farewell To U.S., At A Final Mass In Philadelphia
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On Plane Back To Rome, Pope Reflects On His First U.S. Visit
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About half an hour after takeoff from Philadelphia and a grueling, nine-day visit to Cuba and the United States, Pope Francis looked tired Sunday night when he appeared before reporters.
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Vatican Responds To 'Clarify' Pope's Meeting With Kentucky Clerk
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And let's turn now to the ongoing uproar over an unpublicized meeting last week in Washington, D.C. between...
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Bishops Question How To Achieve Pope's Vision Of An Inclusive Church
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