Giro d'Italia cyclists to enter Vatican City for the first time, in tribute to the late pontiff.
The 2025 edition of the Giro d'Italia will be dedicated to Pope Francis with the last stage of the prestigious cycling rac...
Rome hosts 2025 edition of Internazionali BNL d'Italia at Foro Italico.
Rome welcomed the Internazionali BNL d'Italia tennis tournament, also known as the Italian Open, by unveiling a red clay court in the central Piazz...
Rome pastry shop near senate gutted by fire.
Pasticceria Cinque Lune, a renowned pastry shop near the Italian senate in the centre of Rome, was seriously damaged in a fire that broke out on Tuesday.
The blaze, which...
Italy's museums open for free on the first Sunday of every month.
State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy will open their doors for free on Sunday 4 May as part of the monthly Domenica al Museo i...
Work begins to prepare the Sistine Chapel for the upcoming conclave.
The Sistine Chapel, famed for its frescoes by Renaissance master Michelangelo, has closed to the public as the Vatican prepares for the conclave to el...
Irish Franciscans celebrate four centuries of St Isidore's with a major conference in Rome.
This year marks the 400th anniversary of St Isidore's College, an Irish Franciscan landmark and Ireland's national church in Ro...
Cardinals will gather to elect a new leader of the Catholic Church in a centuries-old voting system shrouded in secrecy.
The papal conclave, the solemn and secretive process in which cardinals convene to elect a success...
Who are the potential contenders to succeed Pope Francis?
Predicting the outcome of the upcoming papal conclave to select the next pope is notoriously difficult, with Vatican experts and the media rarely getting it righ...
Train strike set to affect rail services across Italy.
Train passengers in Italy face disruption to rail services on Tuesday 6 May due to two national strikes by railway workers.
A 24-hour strike, from 21.00 on Monda...
Workers' Day falls on a Thursday in 2025.
Italy celebrates Labour Day - known as the Festa dei Lavoratori or Festa del Lavoro - with a national public holiday every year on 1 May.
This year the Primo Maggio holiday f...
Pope Francis is buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore or St Mary Major.
Faithful and pilgrims can visit the tomb of Pope Francis in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore starting from Sunday 27 April, the day af...
Francis chose the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore as his final resting place and will become the first pope in more than a century not to be buried in St Peter's.
Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, is to be buri...
Maximum security in Rome for Pope Francis funeral.
The funeral procession of Pope Francis will weave its way through the streets of the Italian capital on Saturday morning, as Rome bids a final farewell to its late bish...
World leaders to be seated according to Vatican protocols and the French alphabet.
The dozens of world leaders and heads of state attending the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday morning will be seated according to str...
Pope's funeral procession will be held at walking pace through the streets of Rome.
The funeral of Pope Francis will be held in St Peter's Square at the Vatican on Saturday 26 April at 10.00, after three days of lying i...
Tens of thousands of pilgrims flock to Rome ahead of papal funeral.
Dozens of world leaders are expected to arrive in Rome this week to attend the funeral of Pope Francis at St Peter's Square in the Vatican on Saturday...
Italy marks Festa della Liberazione on 25 April.
Rome's mayor Roberto Gualtieri visited the Historic Museum of the Liberation of Rome on Friday to mark Liberation Day, a national public holiday in Italy.
Held annuall...
Rome marks 80th edition of Liberation Day in 2025.
Italy on 25 April celebrates the Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from German occupation and fascist rule at the end of world war two.
A...
ANZAC Day to be marked at Rome War Cemetery.
New Zealanders and Australians in Rome will commemorate ANZAC Day with a memorial service on Friday 25 April at 09.00.
The service will take place at the Rome War Cemetery...
How a 19th-century protest folk song became the anthem of Italy's anti-fascist Resistance.
Every year on 25 April, Bella Ciao is sung across Italy on the Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from...
Queues around the clock as mourners flock to St Peter's.
The Vatican kept the doors of St Peter's Basilica open all night on Wednesday to cope with the huge crowds of mourners lining up to see Pope Francis lying in stat...
Italy marks 80 years since liberation from Nazi occupation and fascist rule.
Italy celebrates Liberation Day, known in Italian as Festa della Liberazione, with a national public holiday each year on 25 April.
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A local's guide to the best events and things to do in Rome in May.May is one of the best times to visit Rome as spring is in full bloom and temperatures become warmer, with many events moving outdoors. Here are some tip...
The British Spies Who Helped Free Italy: The Secret Missions of Cecil Richard Mallaby and the SOE.During the Second World War, while armies clashed across Europe, a quieter, more covert battle was being fought behind ene...
Israel's withdrawal of condolences for Pope Francis sparks diplomatic tensions.
The Israeli government retracted an online message offering condolences over the death of Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, sparkin...
Papal Succession: Mourning, Transition and the Election of a New Pope
The death of a pope marks the beginning of a solemn and deeply symbolic transition for the Catholic Church. After the official confirmation of death,...
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