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Far-Right party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni speaks to the media at her party's electoral headquarters in Rome, early Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. When Giorgia Meloni was running to become Italy’s first far-right head of government since the demise of the country's fascist dictatorship, she steeped her campaign in ideological touchpoints like national sovereignty and “traditional families.” (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

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Italian leader tones down divisive rhetoric but carries on with pursuit of far-right agenda
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Fri,08/25/23-12:49AM , 150 Reads
ROME (AP) — When Giorgia Meloni was running to become Italy’s first far-right head of government of the post-war era, she steeped her winning campaign in the sharply ideological rhetoric of national sovereignty, “traditional families"
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Pope Francis waves as he arrives for the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, July 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Bishop named to Vatican office handling sex abuse complaints discounted some victims, US group says
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Sun,07/02/23-9:06AM , 142 Reads
ROME (AP) — A U.S.-based group that tracks how the Catholic hierarchy deals with allegations of sexual abuse by clergy says Pope Francis made a “troubling” choice in appointing an Argentine prelate to a powerful Vatican office that handles such cases.
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Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri, left, and Bulgari CEO Jean-Christophe Babin cut the ribbon to inaugurate the walkways and nighttime illumination of the so called 'Sacred Area' where four temples, dating back as far as the 3rd century B.C., stand smack in the middle of one of modern Rome's busiest crossroads, Monday, June 19, 2023, With the help of funding from Bulgari, the luxury jeweler, the grouping of temples can now be visited by the public that for decades had to gaze down from the bustling sidewalks rimming Largo Argentina (Argentina Square) to admire the temples below where Julius Caesar masterminded his political strategies and was later fatally stabbed in 44 B.C. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

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Ancient Roman temple complex, with ruins of building where Caesar was stabbed, opens to tourists
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Mon,06/19/23-1:51PM , 163 Reads
ROME (AP) — Four temples from ancient Rome, dating back as far as the 3rd century B.C. stand smack in the middle of one of the modern city's busiest crossroads.
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Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, June 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Pope Francis, back to Vatican routine post-surgery, says thanks to shouts of 'Long live the pope!'
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Sun,06/18/23-6:33AM , 131 Reads
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two days after being discharged from the hospital, Pope Francis resumed his cherished Sunday custom of greeting the public in St. Peter’s Square, expressing thanks for the comfort he received after surgery and thanking the crowd shouting “Long live the pope!”
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