In a cryptic statement, the Vatican did not explain the reason for Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu’s departure. News reports had connected him to a financial scandal.
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Officer Details Killing of Police Partner in Trial of Americans in Rome
The killing of Deputy Brig. Mario Cerciello Rega last year has attracted significant media attention in Italy and the United States.
Voices From Travel’s Front Lines: ‘We Walk in Fear, We Work in Fear’
Six travel workers from Alaska to the Maldives talk about returning to the job. They are in a new world, with restrictions and health measures, uncertainty and new procedures.
Italy’s Outdoor Summer Movies See Threat From Ailing Film Industry
A longstanding dispute between film distributors and associations that show outdoor films for free comes to a head as the industry reels from a post-coronavirus downturn.
As Italy Reopens, Tour Guides Plead for More Aid, and Tourists
Protests were staged across the country to raise awareness about a profession that faces months of hardship amid the slow emergence from the coronavirus lockdown.
The Circus Came to Town, Then It Couldn’t Leave
One of Italy’s famed family-owned circuses has been sitting out the coronavirus pandemic in a field outside Rome.
Locals Tell Us What Top Tourist Spots Feel Like Now
Travel restrictions have turned 11 overtouristed destinations into quiet, almost unrecognizable places, even for those who live there. It’s a bittersweet experience for the people we talked to.
Rome Has Been Sacked, Conquered and Abandoned. Now It’s the Pandemic’s Turn.
The city’s turbulent history has forged an irreverent, anti-authoritarian and, in some ways, cynical character. Can that survive the coronavirus?
A Very Different Good Friday, in Photographs
The coronavirus pandemic has upended Easter events, not just in the heart of the Roman Catholic Church but all over the world.
‘We Find Ourselves Afraid.’ The Pope Confronts Coronavirus.
The virus is inside the walls of the Vatican, which has canceled public participation in Easter ceremonies, is testing scores of people and considering isolating measures for Pope Francis.