C onflicting SIGNALS are reaching the new American administration from Rome. And some carry a whiff of incense. While Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, was preparing to fly to Washington to ...

Pope Francis has repeatedly urged Italians to have more children to invert what he has called the demographic winter facing many industrialized countries. The government of Premier Giorgia Meloni ...

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whether the president could still travel to Rome the next day for a meeting with Pope Francis, and subsequent sit-downs with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a 'namaste' at the G7 Summit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Pope Francis on Friday at the Outreach Session ...

As the pope stood silent and reflective, the congregation, including Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Rome’s Mayor Roberto Gualtieri, joined in: “I enter your house, O Lord ...

Giorgia Meloni’s presence at Donald Trump’s inauguration aimed to reinforce her status as a privileged interlocutor with the ...

He hails a fantastic woman sweeping all before her in Europe. She praises a strong and shrewd defender of the West. Donald ...