https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A judge has ordered the northern Italian city of Lodi to scrap new rules that made it harder for the children of foreign parents to qualify for subsidised school meals. https://www.thelocal.it/20181214/lodi-school-lunch-subsidies-immigrants-discrimination Fri, 14 Dec 2018 14:54:34 +0100 lodi-school-lunch-subsidies-immigrants-discrimination As Pope Francis marks the fifth year of his papacy next week, the pontiff once hailed as a fearless reformer is under fire for his handling of the sex abuse scandals that have rocked the Roman Catholic Church. https://www.thelocal.it/20180311/five-years-on-pope-francis-under-fire-over-sex-abuse-scandals Sun, 11 Mar 2018 10:23:57 +0100 five-years-on-pope-francis-under-fire-over-sex-abuse-scandals Vatican finance chief George Pell on Thursday hit out at calls that he return to Australia to assist in a child sex probe into him, railing against "anti-religion" agendas. https://www.thelocal.it/20170209/pope-aide-pell-hits-out-at-anti-religion-agendas Thu, 09 Feb 2017 10:34:06 +0100 pope-aide-pell-hits-out-at-anti-religion-agendas Thousands of child migrants arrive in Italy every year, often unaccompanied and rarely with any knowledge of Italian - which can present problems for those trying to help and work with them. https://www.thelocal.it/20161128/this-app-is-helping-refugee-children-speak-italian Mon, 28 Nov 2016 10:43:34 +0100 this-app-is-helping-refugee-children-speak-italian Two Syrian girls, one of them an eight-month-old baby, are among up to six people who died when a boat carrying would-be migrants to Europe capsized off Libya Thursday, rescuers said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160819/syrian-baby-and-five-year-old-dead-in-migrant-boat-tragedy Fri, 19 Aug 2016 16:53:00 +0200 syrian-baby-and-five-year-old-dead-in-migrant-boat-tragedy An 18-month-old boy was killed by two Dogo Argentino, or Argentian Mastiff, dogs in a town near the Sicilian city of Catania on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160816/18-month-old-mauled-to-death-by-two-dogs-in-sicily Tue, 16 Aug 2016 21:19:16 +0200 18-month-old-mauled-to-death-by-two-dogs-in-sicily A one-year-old boy in Milan, allegedly being raised on a strict vegan diet, has been taken away from his parents after being hospitalized weighing just five kilograms. https://www.thelocal.it/20160708/one-year-old-vegan-weighing-kg-hospitalized-in-milan Fri, 08 Jul 2016 17:23:54 +0200 one-year-old-vegan-weighing-kg-hospitalized-in-milan A toddler spent several days in intensive care being treated for vitamin deficiencies and other complications, thought to be caused by her parents' vegan diet. https://www.thelocal.it/20160629/two-year-old-in-serious-condition-after-being-raised-vegan Wed, 29 Jun 2016 12:39:43 +0200 two-year-old-in-serious-condition-after-being-raised-vegan An Italian priest, arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of sexually abusing a minor, allegedly told his victim that he would go to hell if he spoke out about the abuse. https://www.thelocal.it/20160615/alleged-paedophile-italian-priest-told-victim-he-would-go-to-hell Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:24:04 +0200 alleged-paedophile-italian-priest-told-victim-he-would-go-to-hell Excursionists hiking up a mountain in the Lazio region were stunned last week after they came across the suspected skeleton of an ancient Roman child while exploring a cave. https://www.thelocal.it/20160608/tourists-find-skeleton-of-roman-child-inside-italian-cave Wed, 08 Jun 2016 14:32:29 +0200 tourists-find-skeleton-of-roman-child-inside-italian-cave Italian police are dropping an investigation into a bishop for the alleged sexual abuse of seminarists, media reports said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160404/police-drop-sex-abuse-probe-into-italian-bishop Mon, 04 Apr 2016 10:05:20 +0200 police-drop-sex-abuse-probe-into-italian-bishop The Vatican on Friday defended the Catholic Church's action on paedophile priests, saying popes Francis and Benedict XVI had "courageously" tackled the issue but admitted there was still much to be done in many countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20160304/vatican-admits-still-much-to-do-to-stop-paedophile-priests Fri, 04 Mar 2016 18:28:02 +0100 vatican-admits-still-much-to-do-to-stop-paedophile-priests An Italian organization seeking to bring paedophile Catholic priests in Italy to justice has developed a detailed map showing all reported cases from the last 10 years. https://www.thelocal.it/20160303/hundreds-of-italian-paedophile-priests-outed-in-shocking-map Thu, 03 Mar 2016 17:15:58 +0100 hundreds-of-italian-paedophile-priests-outed-in-shocking-map Survivors of abuse by Catholic clergy in Australia were on Friday set to travel to Rome to hear evidence from Cardinal George Pell, but denied there was a "witch hunt" against the Vatican finance chief. https://www.thelocal.it/20160226/child-abuse-victims-head-to-rome-for-pell-hearing Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:55:36 +0100 child-abuse-victims-head-to-rome-for-pell-hearing Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell on Friday dismissed accusations he sexually abused boys during his time as a priest which are reportedly being investigated by Australian police. https://www.thelocal.it/20160219/vatican-finance-chief-denies-abusing-children Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:13:21 +0100 vatican-finance-chief-denies-abusing-children Firemen were called to Vicenza's central branch of UniCredit on Thursday morning, after a two-year-old girl managed to lock herself inside a safe. https://www.thelocal.it/20160219/italy-firemen-rescue-little-girl-locked-in-bank-safe Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:33:27 +0100 italy-firemen-rescue-little-girl-locked-in-bank-safe A crowdfunding campaign to send victims of child sex abuse to Rome to hear Vatican finance chief George Pell give evidence to an Australian inquiry has been overwhelmed by support, doubling its target in two days. https://www.thelocal.it/20160217/australians-club-together-to-send-child-abuse-victims-to-rome Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:43:13 +0100 australians-club-together-to-send-child-abuse-victims-to-rome The Italian food police (Nas) have launched a probe into how a child came to find a Zofenopril tablet inside a Kinder Surprise egg. https://www.thelocal.it/20160202/kinder-surprise-italian-kid-finds-pill-instead-of-toy-in-egg Tue, 02 Feb 2016 09:11:31 +0100 kinder-surprise-italian-kid-finds-pill-instead-of-toy-in-egg An 11-year-old girl with anorexia is thought to have committed suicide, reportedly after rowing with her mother over food. https://www.thelocal.it/20151109/anorexic-girl-kills-herself-after-row-over-food Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:46:26 +0100 anorexic-girl-kills-herself-after-row-over-food Italy's Education Minister Stefania Giannini has stepped in after an 11-year-old disabled girl suffering from Aids was rejected from a school in Campania. https://www.thelocal.it/20151030/italy-to-reinstate-excluded-aids-child Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:40:24 +0100 italy-to-reinstate-excluded-aids-child