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Italy appeals for more help with immigration emergency
Italy's ministry of the interior has appealed to all prefects throughout Italy to find approximately 6,500 additional places to house the latest influx of immigrants into Italy over the Easter period....
Vatican offers free haircuts to the homeless
Volunteer barbers will offer service on Mondays
Homeless people in Rome will be able to avail of a free shave and a haircut thanks to an initiative offered by the Vatican each Monday from 16 Februa...
Nobel Peace Laureates Summit relocates to Rome
Dalai Lama comes to Rome after being denied South African visa
The Nobel Peace Laureates Summit, which was originally scheduled to take place in South Africa in mid-October, has been relocated to...
Christmas gifts for Rome's refugees
Annual gift appeal for refugees in Rome
The world is experiencing the worst refugee crisis since world war two, according to the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR), with Italy one...
FAO reports progress in eradicating hunger
But over 800 million still undernourished
One in nine people in the world are hungry. In sub-Saharan Africa one in four people suffers from hunger. And half the planet's 805 million hungry –...
Thousands of illegal immigrants saved in Italian waters
Sicily copes with new influx of immigrants
Over 1,500 illegal immigrants were saved by the Italian air and naval forces from drowning in the Mediterranean in the second week in September, with se...
Sudanese Christian woman lands in Rome
Woman sentenced to death for apostasy is welcomed in Italy
Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman who was condemned to death for converting from Islam to Christianity, arrived in Rome with her family o...
Growing poverty at Rome's Termini station
1,500 new requests for assistance at station's help centre
The day centre at Rome's Termini station received 37,000 requests for assistance last year, according to findings by the Osservatorio Naz...
Charity projects in Rome and Bulgaria
Every year during the six weeks of Lent, Churches Together, an ecumenical body comprising 11 mainly English-speaking churches in Rome, raises money for the ann...
International event takes place at Spanish Steps
As part of the global "One Billion Rising" campaign to end violence against women, a flash mob will “rise and dance” at the Spanish Step...
Free dinner for 100 homeless people in Rome
Café in Vatican parish responds to pope's appeal for solidarity with poor
The owner of a café beside the Vatican has responded to Pope Francis's appeal for solidarity with the poor by...
Christmas gifts for Rome's refugees
Gift appeal for refugees in Rome
The Joel Nafuma Refugee Center (JNRC) at the American Episcopal Church of Rome, St Paul’s within the Walls, is appealing for Christmas gifts for the refugees...
Rome responds to Philippine typhoon
Support from Rome mayor, UN agencies and Catholic ChurchThe Philippine embassy in Rome has opened a book of condolences for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan which caused devastation in the country's cent...
As part of the global "One Billion Rising" campaign to end violence against women, a flash mob will “rise and dance” at the Spanish Steps on Thursday 14 February. Everybody is welcome to p...
Rome’s Peter Pan charity threatened with eviction
The Rome-based Peter Pan Onlus association, which provides support for families with children suffering from cancer, issued a statement on 6 February saying that it faces eviction from its centre in T...
The city of Rome has dismantled a large settlement occupied by about 400 members of the Roma community in Tor de' Cenci, between Via Cristoforo Colombo and Via Pontina in the southern outskirts of the...
Colosseum illuminated for Syria
Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno will switch on a red illumination of the Colosseum at 21.00 on Friday 14 September in a signal of solidarity for the tragedy being played out in Syria. It is Rome&rsquo...
Rome raises funds for earthquake victims
The city of Rome has opened a bank account to collect donations for victims of the recent earthquake in the Emilia Romagna region of northern Italy.
The earthquake, measuring 5.8 on the Richter sc...
Every year during the six weeks of Lent, Churches Together, an ecumenical body comprising 11 mainly English-speaking churches in Rome, raises money for the annual Rice Bowl Appeal.
Some upcoming f...
Rome bakers have begun donating unsold bread and bakery products at the end of each day
