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 Mother Teresa, the revered but controversial nun whose work with the dying and the destitute made her an icon of 20th Century Christianity, will be declared a saint on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160902/catholic-icon-mother-teresa-to-be-proclaimed-a-saint Fri, 02 Sep 2016 11:19:41 +0200 catholic-icon-mother-teresa-to-be-proclaimed-a-saint They travelled up to Rome from Puglia to see the remains of Italy’s beloved saint, Padre Pio...but instead they broke one of the 10 commandments. https://www.thelocal.it/20160209/pilgrims-ransack-rome-flats-to-fund-padre-pio-trip Tue, 09 Feb 2016 12:38:18 +0100 pilgrims-ransack-rome-flats-to-fund-padre-pio-trip Two 19th-century nuns on Sunday became the first Palestinians to become saints during an open-air mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St Peter's Square and attended by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. https://www.thelocal.it/20150517/first-palestinians-gain-sainthood Sun, 17 May 2015 15:33:45 +0200 first-palestinians-gain-sainthood Rome is getting ready for hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and dozens of foreign delegations visiting the Vatican on Sunday for an historic event - the double canonisation of popes John Paul II and John XXIII. https://www.thelocal.it/20140423/rome-braces-itself-for-tens-of-thousands-of-pilgrims Wed, 23 Apr 2014 18:52:00 +0200 rome-braces-itself-for-tens-of-thousands-of-pilgrims Pope John XXIII, who will be made a saint with John Paul II on April 27th, surprised many by leading the Catholic Church to more open relations with the world. https://www.thelocal.it/20140410/good-pope-john-saved-thousands-of-jews Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:26:00 +0200 good-pope-john-saved-thousands-of-jews Being made a saint of the Catholic Church is no easy feat and the conclusion of a drawn-out process following a candidate's death, usually involving having two Vatican-recognised "miracles" attributed to you. https://www.thelocal.it/20140410/becoming-a-saint-in-five-not-so-easy-steps Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:15:00 +0200 becoming-a-saint-in-five-not-so-easy-steps The personal secretary of late pope John Paul II defied a request to burn all his personal notes and will publish some of them in February, the Znak publishing house announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140123/personal-notes-of-john-paul-ii-to-be-published Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:26:00 +0100 personal-notes-of-john-paul-ii-to-be-published