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 Roma family targeted by racist mobs outside their council flat were on Thursday invited to meet Pope Francis, who said he "suffers" hearing about threats made against Roma and Sinti people in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20190510/resist-pope-meets-roma-family-hounded-by-racist-mobs-in-rome Fri, 10 May 2019 14:15:27 +0200 resist-pope-meets-roma-family-hounded-by-racist-mobs-in-rome The Catholic Church's attempts to reach out to the Roma and Sinti communities have been widely praised. –But far from ending years of prejudice, their efforts merely show how deep-rooted certain prejudices are, Romani activist Jud Nirenberg argues. https://www.thelocal.it/20151029/how-the-church-reinforces-roma-and-sinti-stereotypes Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:00:36 +0100 how-the-church-reinforces-roma-and-sinti-stereotypes As beetles scurry across the cracked and worn floor in the "Best House Rom", it is not hard to see why Italy has got into trouble with the EU over its treatment of ethnic Roma. https://www.thelocal.it/20141117/italy-under-pressure-over-roma-camps-squalor Mon, 17 Nov 2014 10:03:00 +0100 italy-under-pressure-over-roma-camps-squalor A bakery sign in Rome banning "gypsies" from entering has sparked outrage in Rome, with one organization likening it to those in Nazi Germany and Apartheid South Africa. https://www.thelocal.it/20140320/romes-no-gypsies-sign-sparks-furore Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:20:00 +0100 romes-no-gypsies-sign-sparks-furore