What would you do for the perfect selfie? Would you deface a landmark – one of the most famous historical locations in the world? Two Californian women did. The Guardian reports that security at Rome’s Colosseum caught the women, aged…
Michael Douglas Opens Up About Son’s Drug Issues And Being A Dad
Last week, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and their kids Dylan, 13 and Cary, 11 went on a trip to Jerusalem to celebrate their son’s bar mitzvah. The trip to Jerusalem was a more serene celebration than Dylan’s bar mitzvah party…
Pope Francis Canonizes Two Pontiffs
Pope Francis named two distinctive papal predecessors, John XXIII and John Paul II, as saints before a congregation of hundreds of thousands of witnesses in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Sunday, during an unprecedented service that was attended…
John Durkin: Missing Student Found Dead in Rome
The Boston Globe reports sad news today: the Bates College junior from Rye Beach, New Hampshire who was reported missing on February 19th has now been reported dead. The 21-year-old was on a study-abroad trip along with 54 other students…
Pope Francis, Bouncer and Holy Father
His Holiness…and nightclub bouncer? Pope Francis, 76, recently told parishioners that he held various odd jobs before becoming God’s enforcer, including a bouncer in a Buenos Aires bar. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, as he was known then, was a college student…
Tunnels Under Rome Being Mapped to Prevent Further Damage to City
An extensive series of ancient tunnels and quarries under Rome are threatening parts of the city that has been built atop them. Many years ago, Rome’s earliest architects discovered that tuff, or rock made of consolidated volcanic ash, was a…
Italian Political Crisis Awaits Wednesday Vote
Italian parliament is anticipating a Wednesday vote of confidence, called by current prime minister Enrico Letta, of the center-left Democratic Party. Letta has been in office since April 2013. The government faces dissolution and new elections if a Senate majority…