Italy's high-speed railway is expanding into the underdeveloped south using EU funds to connect Naples and Bari. The project aims to reverse depopulation, stimulate the economy, and improve regional ...

Francis had led the Roman Catholic church since Benedict XVI resigned in 2013. Born in Argentina, he is the first pope from ...

In the nearly 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South ... were from Italy. A handful of popes came from North Africa ...

Italy's high-speed railway is finally pressing into the heart of the underdeveloped south, using European Union funds in the ...

Roughly 200 were born within the modern borders of Italy — including St. Linus ... that earned him the title “Apostle of the North." More: Did Pope Francis ever visit New Jersey or NYC?

The coast of Tuscany—once considered wild and remote—remains an insider secret. Lee Marshall finds the good life on this ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

Population growth places the United States ... Germany and Japan and well above that of China, Italy, Singapore, South Korea and virtually all the rest of Europe—has also prompted criticism.

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 1 - Italy's resident population ... while in the North the population increases by 1.6 per thousand, the Center and the South record negative variations equal to -0.6 per ...