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 senior Vatican priest accused of making advances towards a nun during confession has resigned, the Vatican said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190129/senior-vatican-priest-resigns-over-advances-to-nun Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:51:40 +0100 senior-vatican-priest-resigns-over-advances-to-nun An Italian priest prompted outrage on Thursday by going on Facebook to tell a girl who said she had been raped that it was her fault for getting drunk and hanging around with immigrants. https://www.thelocal.it/20171110/italian-priest-tells-raped-girl-she-asked-for-it Fri, 10 Nov 2017 10:21:36 +0100 italian-priest-tells-raped-girl-she-asked-for-it An Italian priest who was kidnapped in Nigeria has been freed, Italy’s foreign minister announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171018/kidnapped-italian-priest-freed-nigeria Wed, 18 Oct 2017 11:14:19 +0200 kidnapped-italian-priest-freed-nigeria An Italian priest has been kidnapped by gunmen in southern Nigeria, church officials in both countries have said. https://www.thelocal.it/20171014/italian-priest-kidnapped-in-southern-nigeria-vatican Sat, 14 Oct 2017 14:32:54 +0200 italian-priest-kidnapped-in-southern-nigeria-vatican Pope Francis has agreed to speed up the path to sainthood for French Catholic priest Jacques Hamel, murdered by two teenaged jihadists in July, Vatican sources said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161003/pope-to-give-slain-french-priest-fast-track-to-sainthood Mon, 03 Oct 2016 11:31:55 +0200 pope-to-give-slain-french-priest-fast-track-to-sainthood Some 22 Philippine soldiers were wounded Saturday in a firefight with Islamic militants, the military said, a day after the release of a retired Italian priest taken hostage in the Muslim-populated south of the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20160409/22-filippino-soldiers-wounded-in-clash-after-freeing-italian Sat, 09 Apr 2016 17:35:52 +0200 22-filippino-soldiers-wounded-in-clash-after-freeing-italian 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 Don Andrea Giordano is a priest and father to three sons - but he is not in favour of marriage for priests. https://www.thelocal.it/20160401/priest-with-three-kids-says-priests-shouldnt-be-able-to-marry Fri, 01 Apr 2016 12:07:48 +0200 priest-with-three-kids-says-priests-shouldnt-be-able-to-marry An Italian priest is being investigated for embezzlement after squandering €100,000 which was intended for the poor on cars, holidays - and cosmetic treatments for his mother. https://www.thelocal.it/20151204/priest-spends-charity-money-on-mums-cosmetic-surgery Fri, 04 Dec 2015 10:57:22 +0100 priest-spends-charity-money-on-mums-cosmetic-surgery The Isis group on Thursday claimed responsibility for shooting and wounding an Italian priest in Bangladesh this week, the latest in a spate of recent attacks on foreigners claimed by the jihadist network. https://www.thelocal.it/20151119/isis-claims-attack-on-italian-priest-in-bangladesh Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:01:53 +0100 isis-claims-attack-on-italian-priest-in-bangladesh Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded an Italian priest on Wednesday in northern Bangladesh, just weeks after two foreigners were killed in similar attacks blamed on hardline Islamists, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20151118/italian-priest-shot-in-bangladesh Wed, 18 Nov 2015 09:33:44 +0100 italian-priest-shot-in-bangladesh Prosecutors in Sicily are seeking a 10-year prison term for a priest who allegedly extorted sex from asylum seekers in return for helping them to obtain residency permits. https://www.thelocal.it/20151020/italian-priest-preyed-on-asylum-seekers-for-sex Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:38:26 +0200 italian-priest-preyed-on-asylum-seekers-for-sex Pope Francis apologized on Wednesday on behalf of the Catholic Church for a series of scandals which have recently shaken the city of Rome and the Vatican. https://www.thelocal.it/20151014/pope-says-sorry-for-rome-and-vatican-scandals Wed, 14 Oct 2015 12:47:51 +0200 pope-says-sorry-for-rome-and-vatican-scandals An Italian priest was immediately suspended from his church in the northern city of Trento on Tuesday after defending paedophilia during a live television interview, arguing that “children often seek affection”. https://www.thelocal.it/20151007/i-understand-paedophilia-not-gays-italian-priest Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:37:33 +0200 i-understand-paedophilia-not-gays-italian-priest A 60-year-old man has been charged with identity theft after allegedly parading around the Italian island of Ischia as a priest and hosting mass in private homes. https://www.thelocal.it/20150612/fake-priest-caught-in-ischia Fri, 12 Jun 2015 12:00:48 +0200 fake-priest-caught-in-ischia A priest in southern Italy has been defrocked for allegedly making gay sexual advances to a man on Facebook. https://www.thelocal.it/20150408/priest-defrocked-over-gay-facebook-chat Wed, 08 Apr 2015 12:36:48 +0200 priest-defrocked-over-gay-facebook-chat An Italian priest has reacted with shock on being fined over €1,300 for the noisy ringing of his church bells, putting an end to a centuries-old tradition. https://www.thelocal.it/20150223/italian-church-fined-1300-for-noisy-bells Mon, 23 Feb 2015 12:37:00 +0100 italian-church-fined-1300-for-noisy-bells An Italian man who continued to pose as a priest after being defrocked has been found dead, with his hands and feet tied and his head severely beaten. https://www.thelocal.it/20150210/fake-italian-priest-found-dead-in-small-town Tue, 10 Feb 2015 09:00:00 +0100 fake-italian-priest-found-dead-in-small-town A priest in northern Italy on Sunday told parishioners he was leaving the church to start a new life with a woman, with whom he is reportedly expecting a child. https://www.thelocal.it/20150126/italian-priest-abandons-church-for-love Mon, 26 Jan 2015 10:29:00 +0100 italian-priest-abandons-church-for-love An Italian priest arrested at a drug-fuelled party in Milan, for allegedly dealing cocaine, is facing a fast-track trial. https://www.thelocal.it/20141112/italys-cocaine-priest-set-for-fast-track-trial Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:18:00 +0100 italys-cocaine-priest-set-for-fast-track-trial