Tag: Rome

• Monday, January 14th 2019 - 08:45 UTC

  Italian political militant at large for years extradited from Bolivia/Brazil to Rome

  

  An Italian former communist militant captured in Bolivia is on a plane back to Rome, officials have confirmed. Cesare Battisti, 64, is wanted for four murders in Italy during the 1970s, which he denies committing. He was extradited after being found in Santa Cruz de La Sierra in an international police operation.

• Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:47 UTC

  FAO celebrates World Food Day

  

  FAO Goodwill Ambassadors for Nutrition, the King of Lesotho and Queen Letizia of Spain will be joined by the UN Rome-based Agency Heads and other key players in the effort to achieve Zero Hunger at the global World Food Day ceremony held at FAO Headquarters in Rome on 16 October.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2018 - 18:15 UTC

  Against hunger and for peace, EU and FAO are “committed to build a sustainable future”

  

  The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reaffirmed today at an event held in Rome their commitment to jointly address the challenges they share at the global level, such as stopping the increase in hunger, promote prosperity and peace, and build a more sustainable future for all.

• Monday, August 27th 2018 - 08:59 UTC

  Francis ends visit to Ireland begging forgiveness for the abuses perpetrated by Church leaders

  

  Pope Francis has begged forgiveness for members of the Catholic Church's hierarchy who “kept quiet” about clerical child sex abuse. He was ending a two-day visit to the Republic of Ireland by celebrating a Mass at Dublin's Phoenix Park.

• Saturday, May 19th 2018 - 09:21 UTC

  Priests sex-abuse in Chile: all bishops offered to resign after meeting the Pope

  

  In an unprecedented move, all of Chile’s bishops offered to resign on Friday after attending a crisis meeting this week with Pope Francis about the cover-up of sexual abuse in the country.