Just weeks after debt-laden France proposed axing two public holidays, Italy is proposing to add a new one in honour of Saint Francis and the pope who took his name.

Chief rabbi of Rome says it’s unsurprising many know little of the Church's history of antisemitism, but focusing on newly canonized Carlo Acutis's work is not the right way to address it ...

Michael Prodger looks at Nick Trend's art-themed Italian travelogue, while John Goodall enjoys the biography of one of his ...