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Cardinal Pell welcomes court's dismissal of abuse conviction

Cardinal George Pell welcomed Australia’s highest court clearing him of child sex crimes Tuesday and said his trial had not ...

Europe's nursing homes in spotlight for uncounted virus dead

Italian authorities said Tuesday they were investigating the country’s biggest nursing home where 70 residents died last ...

AP PHOTOS: Virus outbreak hurts Italian fishermen's business

Italy’s fishermen still go out to sea at night, but not as frequently in recent weeks since demand is down amid the country's ...

Lives Lost: A man loved by many, a death at 80 alone in Rome

Nothing in the way Enrico Giacomoni lived during his 80-plus years in Rome corresponded to the way he died: alone. He was a ...

Palm Sunday services held without public; some on rooftops

Pope Francis celebrated Palm Sunday Mass in the shelter of St. Peter's Basilica without the public because of the coronavirus ...

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Here's the latest for Sunday, March 29th: Death toll in Italy continues to climb; Hospital in Spain sanitized; Pope calls for ...

Pope prays for 'fragile' humanity needing help in pandemic

Praying in a desolately empty St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis on Friday likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying ...

Italy hopes virus eases but fears new onslaught

Doctors and nurses in Italy's overwhelmed northern hospitals have welcomed a slight stabilizing in the number of coronavirus ...

Daily life near a standstill as nations try to halt pandemic

Meeting with friends, dining out, worshiping and other daily routines have nearly halted as nations take drastic steps to try ...

Pope goes on Roman walkabout, prays for end to pandemic

Pope Francis left the Vatican to make a surprise visit Sunday to two churches in Rome to pray for the end of the coronavirus ...

AP PHOTOS: Italians cooped up by virus cope with creativity

Italians are cooped up at home by a government decree to combat the spread of coronavirus. They are coping creatively.

Walk the dog or no? Italians unsure what virus decree allows

Can you walk the dog? Take the kids to the playground or out for a gelato? Go to the bank? These questions and more swirled ...

AP PHOTOS: Rome's eternally packed tourist sites emptied

For years, Rome seemed to have only a high season for tourism given the Italian capital's eternal appeal with foreign ...

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

ARCHERY ISSF International Solidarity Championships in Dhaka, Bangladesh from Feb. 22-28 postponed. World Cup in Shanghai ...

Virus lockdown hits Vatican as pope livestreams audience

Pope Francis held his weekly general audience in the privacy of his library Wednesday as the Vatican implemented Italy’s ...

Virus lockdown tests Italians' commitment to the common good

Over the weekend, the Fiorentino butcher in downtown Rome was so packed with shoppers you could no longer smell the tangy ...

Virus-hit Italy gets more isolated as nations restrict entry

Italians faced travel restrictions at home and abroad Tuesday as other countries isolated Italy with flight bans and sweeping ...

Patient No. 1 is out of ICU as virus pushes Italy to brink

Italian doctors celebrated one small victory in their battle against the coronavirus after a 38-year-old man was moved out ...

Prison riots hit Italy amid virus; 6 die in overdose

Tensions in Italy's overcrowded prisons erupted Monday over new coronavirus containment measures, with riots in at least two ...

Before Italy's virus lockdown, a dash to the last train out

I was out to dinner in the medieval city of Padua when the text messages and phone calls started pouring in: The last train ...