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 church's alleged refusal to allow a 10-year-old autistic child to take Holy Communion became a national case on Monday after Italy's Education Undersecretary waded into the debate. https://www.thelocal.it/20160614/ignorant-church-slammed-after-denying-communion-to-autistic-italian-child Tue, 14 Jun 2016 12:59:18 +0200 ignorant-church-slammed-after-denying-communion-to-autistic-italian-child Elizabeth "Lizzy" Myers, a little American girl who is losing her sight to a rare genetic disease, got her wish on Wednesday to meet Pope Francis. https://www.thelocal.it/20160406/little-lizzy-gets-wish-to-see-pope-before-going-blind Wed, 06 Apr 2016 16:27:39 +0200 little-lizzy-gets-wish-to-see-pope-before-going-blind A twelve-year-old girl is in a critical condition after throwing herself from the second-floor balcony of her home in the northern Italian city of Pordenone. https://www.thelocal.it/20160118/twelve-year-old-injured-after-balcony-suicide-attempt Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:47:35 +0100 twelve-year-old-injured-after-balcony-suicide-attempt An Italian teenage girl is being held in Turkey on suspicion of trying to cross the country’s border into Syria to join the Isis terrorist group. https://www.thelocal.it/20151016/italian-girl-suspected-of-wanting-to-join-isis Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:05:46 +0200 italian-girl-suspected-of-wanting-to-join-isis A man has been arrested in Rome on suspicion of raping a 16-year-old girl in the Prati district of the Italian capital on Monday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20150701/girl-16-raped-by-man-posing-as-policeman Wed, 01 Jul 2015 14:37:34 +0200 girl-16-raped-by-man-posing-as-policeman Seven people, including an Italian girl, were injured when a car exploded in a shopping mall car park on the popular Thai tourist island of Samui. https://www.thelocal.it/20150413/italian-girl-injured-in-explosion-on-thai-island Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:07:39 +0200 italian-girl-injured-in-explosion-on-thai-island A northern Italian town is in mourning after an 11-year-old girl appeared to have accidentally shot herself dead with her father’s pistol on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150102/girl-dies-after-shooting-herself-with-dads-gun Fri, 02 Jan 2015 13:18:00 +0100 girl-dies-after-shooting-herself-with-dads-gun A three-year-old girl died on Wednesday night after being attacked by the family dog. https://www.thelocal.it/20140925/child-killed-by-family-dog-in-rome Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:57:00 +0200 child-killed-by-family-dog-in-rome A ten-year-old girl on holiday in Italy has become an unlikely hero after saving an 88-year-old man from a ravine. https://www.thelocal.it/20140819/holiday-hero-girl-saves-pensioner-from-ravine Tue, 19 Aug 2014 12:08:00 +0200 holiday-hero-girl-saves-pensioner-from-ravine A couple in their 30s have been arrested in south-eastern Italy after allegedly abducting a six-year-old girl from a town square and driving away with her on a scooter, Italian media reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140610/couple-on-scooter-abduct-six-year-old-girl Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:04:00 +0200 couple-on-scooter-abduct-six-year-old-girl A 12-year-old girl from Lecce in the southern Italian region of Puglia saved her father from suicide after reading a "desperate" text message from him. https://www.thelocal.it/20140423/year-old-girl-saves-dad-from-suicide Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:22:00 +0200 year-old-girl-saves-dad-from-suicide A ten-year-old girl died on Saturday after going to a Rome clinic for a common eye operation, Italian media have reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20140331/10-year-old-dies-in-routine-eye-operation Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:43:00 +0200 10-year-old-dies-in-routine-eye-operation A three-year-old girl from Milan died and two other children were injured on a ski slope in the Aosta Valley after they were hit by a 17-year-old skier. https://www.thelocal.it/20140310/italian-child-dies-after-being-hit-by-skiier Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:44:00 +0100 italian-child-dies-after-being-hit-by-skiier An Italian priest has been given a two-and-a-half year sentence by a court in the north-eastern city of Pesaro for having sex with a 13-year-old girl. https://www.thelocal.it/20131204/priest-sentenced-for-sex-with-13-year-old-girl Wed, 04 Dec 2013 12:43:00 +0100 priest-sentenced-for-sex-with-13-year-old-girl