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 G7 environment chiefs meet in Italy Sunday for potentially difficult talks 10 days after Donald Trump sparked a rift with US partners by pulling out of the Paris climate change accord. https://www.thelocal.it/20170611/climate-change-rift-raises-temperature-for-g7-meet-in-bologna Sun, 11 Jun 2017 11:40:18 +0200 climate-change-rift-raises-temperature-for-g7-meet-in-bologna Italy will host a meeting of culture ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised countries in Florence in March, Culture Minister Dario Franceschini announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161228/italy-announces-g7-culture-meet-in-florence Wed, 28 Dec 2016 15:11:38 +0100 italy-announces-g7-culture-meet-in-florence French President Francois Hollande will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday to discuss the aftermath of the jihadist murder of a French priest, Hollande's office said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160816/frances-hollande-to-meet-pope-after-priest-killing Tue, 16 Aug 2016 11:38:45 +0200 frances-hollande-to-meet-pope-after-priest-killing A series of papers containing minutes of Benito Mussolini's last meeting as leader of the Social Republic are set to go under the hammer in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160627/papers-showing-minutes-of-mussolinis-final-meeting-go-on-sale-in-italy-auction Mon, 27 Jun 2016 17:45:38 +0200 papers-showing-minutes-of-mussolinis-final-meeting-go-on-sale-in-italy-auction Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio had an audience with Pope Francis in Rome on Thursday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20160128/dicaprio-gets-papal-audience-in-rome Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:25:53 +0100 dicaprio-gets-papal-audience-in-rome German Chancellor Angela Merkel next week is to visit France for talks with President Francois Hollande and the Vatican, where she will meet Pope Francis, Berlin said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150213/merkel-to-discuss-global-crises-in-meeting-with-pope Fri, 13 Feb 2015 16:04:00 +0100 merkel-to-discuss-global-crises-in-meeting-with-pope Pope Francis acknowledged on Monday that the suicides of clerical sex abuse victims weigh on his conscience as he thanked victims for shining a light on the "terrible darkness" at the heart of the Catholic Church. https://www.thelocal.it/20140707/pope-meets-sex-abuse-victims-for-first-time Mon, 07 Jul 2014 13:59:00 +0200 pope-meets-sex-abuse-victims-for-first-time Pope Francis defended the right of doctors who refuse to perform abortions in the United States during talks with US President Barack Obama on Thursday, the Vatican said. https://www.thelocal.it/20140327/pope-defends-doctors-who-refuse-abortions Thu, 27 Mar 2014 16:20:00 +0100 pope-defends-doctors-who-refuse-abortions Pope Francis joked with Italy and Argentina players on the eve of a friendly football match in Rome on Tuesday, saying he was torn over who to support. https://www.thelocal.it/20130813/italy-argentina-game-pope-split-on-who-to-back Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:33:00 +0200 italy-argentina-game-pope-split-on-who-to-back