A preliminary cauldron has been lit by the Olympic flame at Italy’s presidential palace as the countdown to the Milan Cortina Winter Games approaches the two-months-to-go mark.

The Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina Winter Games has landed in Rome following a handover in Greece.

Italy’s fashion house Armani has appointed a new board to guide the company following the death of its founder Giorgio Armani earlier this year.

Ukraine has asked the Vatican to formalize its role facilitating negotiations for the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the war.

Pope Leo XIV is urging countries at United Nations climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet.

One of the most spectacular examples of Renaissance illuminated manuscripts is going on rare public display as part of the Vatican’s Holy Year celebrations.

The Vatican has launched an investigation into a possible antisemitic incident involving a Swiss Guard.

Firefighters have rescued a worker from beneath rubble inside a medieval tower in Italy's capital.

The Armani fashion house has appointed Giuseppe Marsocci as its new CEO following the death of its founder last month.

Pope Leo XIV has denounced the use of hunger as a weapon of war during an address to a U.N. agency.

Israel’s World Cup qualifying match at Italy next week is expected to attract more pro-Palestinian protesters outside the stadium in Udine than ticket-holding spectators inside the soccer arena.

Activists detained while trying to reach Gaza by sea have complained of mistreatment by Israeli guards.

Hundreds of thousands of Italians and Spaniards marched in Rome, Barcelona and Madrid against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza in a massive show of growing international anger at the two-year war.

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

Roma missed three attempts at an equalizing penalty before losing to Lille in the Europa League.

Bryson DeChambeau will be leading off in foursomes for the Americans at the Ryder Cup on Friday.

Over 1,000 LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families have participated in a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome.

Rory McIlroy watched Novak Djokovic handle boisterous spectators during a win at the U.S. Open and is ready to follow the tennis star’s lead at the Ryder Cup held in the United States this month.

Italy’s Ventina glacier in northern Lombardy has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years.

An Italian hospital says a 20-year-old Palestinian woman has died after being transferred from Gaza for treatment.

The European Union agency that tracks global warming says last month was the third-warmest July on record, with temperatures easing slightly for the month as compared with the record high two years ago.

Pope Leo XIV has told over a million Catholic youths they are a sign that a different world is possible.

Pope Leo XIV urges young people to make radical choices for good during a major event in Rome.

Pope Leo XIV has surprised tens of thousands of young Catholics by showing up unexpectedly at a Holy Year welcome ceremony.

Italy’s highest court has ruled that a lawsuit brought by climate activists against Italian energy giant Eni and its government shareholders can go ahead.

Countries prepared to provide troops for a future stabilization force in Ukraine have agreed to set up a headquarters in Paris to facilitate a rapid deployment after the war ends.

European leaders are urging private business and equity funds to not be afraid to invest in rebuilding Ukraine now even as Russia accelerates its war.

Pope Leo XIV has arrived at the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo to start a six-week vacation.

Kenyan Beatrice Chebet set a world record in the 5,000 meters, winning the event in 13 minutes, 58.06 seconds Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic.

Major heat waves have pushed temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius or 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern European countries including Italy, Spain and Greece.

Greenpeace has joined the smattering of protests in Venice against the upcoming wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.

Arnaldo Pomodoro, one of Italy’s most prominent contemporary artists, has died at age 98.

Police in Rome say an 80-year-old man drove a compact luxury Mercedes A Class sedan part way down the city's landmark Spanish Steps before getting stuck.

The Vatican has beatified a Congolese government worker who was killed for resisting corruption, giving young people in a part of the world wracked with violence a new model of holiness.

Greek authorities have detained an American man on the island of Skiathos who is suspected of killing an infant whose remains were found over the weekend in a Rome park.

Carlos Alcaraz has been wearing nasal strips in some matches since last season.

Napoli has won its second Serie A title in three years.

Mediator Oman says Iran and the United States made “some but not conclusive progress” in a fifth round of negotiations in Rome over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Lionel Messi has revealed his favorite goal, and it wasn’t one of the hundreds he has scored with his legendary left foot.

Carlos Alcaraz is clearly the favorite for the French Open.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner is dominating men’s tennis and Italy swept both the Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup team titles last year.

Jannik Sinner has gone all the way to the final in his first tournament back from a three-month doping ban.

Jannik Sinner says it’s “a good thing for us tennis players” that the new pope likes to play the sport.

The new pope Leo XIV is scheduled to deliver his first Sunday blessing from the loggia where he first appeared in public after being elected three days ago.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner has made a solid return from his three-month doping ban by beating 99th-ranked Mariano Navone 6-3, 6-4 before an adoring home crowd at the Italian Open.

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis.

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

There could be some high-profile athletes joining the crowds in St. Peter’s Square over the coming days to keep track of the conclave to elect a new pope.

Nuns don’t have a vote in the election of a pope.

At Masses across Rome and socioeconomic lines, Catholics prayed the next pope focuses on poverty and peace days before the conclave that will elect Pope Francis’ successor.

British Cardinal Vincent Nichols provides an insider's view of what's going on these days before the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

“Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries and created a whole genre of historical trivia.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have witnessed the formal exchange of a dozen cooperation agreements including on defense.

Roman Catholic faithful have begun visiting the tomb of Pope Francis.

World dignitaries and Catholic faithful have attended Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square.

The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his “humble, simple and essential" life.

Senator Tim Kaine reflected, on the loss of Pope Francis on his Facebook page Monday. The senator remembered meeting the Pope in Rome where they spoke in Spanish about the need to provide hospitality to refugees. What happened next is something that sticks with him to this day.

The Italian national Olympic committee has asked for sports events to be suspended on Saturday, the day of Pope Francis’ funeral.

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pontiff and before the election of another.

The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936.

A U.S. official says President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff has held both “direct and indirect” discussions with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Rome.

Iran has sought support from Russia over a possible deal with Washington over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, ahead of a second round of talks this weekend in Rome.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is in Rome for talks on tariffs with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni.

The toll from clashes between violent fans and police ahead of the Rome derby includes 24 police officers injured, seven arrests and at least 40,000 euros in damaged garbage dumpsters.

Talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program had appeared ready to leave the Middle East, as an Italian source and others said the next round of negotiations would take place in Rome.

King Charles III has arrived in Rome for a state visit to Italy, his first overseas trip since being briefly hospitalized for side effects of cancer treatment.

The Vatican says Pope Francis spends part of his days at his desk working and concelebrates Mass daily in his private chapel.

Italian police are investigating as possible arson a fire that destroyed more than a dozen Tesla electric vehicles at a dealership on the outskirts of Rome.

Pope Francis’ medical team briefly considered suspending treatment after a Feb. 28 breathing crisis but instead decided on an aggressive treatment course.

Two of Pope Francis’ closest advisers are predicting that he will recover from pneumonia and that a “new stage” in his pontificate will open after he is released.

The Italian postal service has seen a huge increase in mail addressed to Pope Francis since his Feb. 14 hospitalization.

Pope Francis has entered the fifth week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia very much looking ahead as he worked on a signature priority of his papacy.

The Vatican says Pope Francis is responding well to therapy for double pneumonia and has shown a “gradual, slight improvement” in recent days.

Pope Francis recorded a pained and labored audio message to thank people for their prayers for his recovery.

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome, thousands of faithful from around the world have been gathering by St. Peter’s and by the hospital to pray the rosary for him.

The Vatican says that Pope Francis has suffered two new episodes of acute respiratory crises and has been put back on noninvasive mechanical ventilation.

Global negotiators concluded an extended session of the United Nations biodiversity conference, COP16, with key commitments on funds needed and the institutions through which the funds will be channeled to protect the world’s biodiversity.

The Vatican says that Pope Francis continues to improve from double pneumonia Thursday, though doctors say he needs more days of “clinical stability” before they revise their guarded prognosis.

The Vatican says Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he battles double pneumonia, but doctors still say his prognosis is still guarded.

The Vatican says that Pope Francis remains in critical but stable condition.

An annual United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda.

An American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi was diverted to Rome due to a security concern the airline later said was not credible.

The Vatican says Pope Francis is in critical condition after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen.

The Vatican says Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both his lungs, after new tests showed a further complication in the condition of the 88-year-old pope.

Vatican authorities said Monday that Pope Francis has a complex infection in his respiratory system and will require more targeted drug treatment.

The Vatican says Pope Francis’ respiratory tract infection is presenting a “complex clinical picture” that will require further hospitalization.

Doctors have prescribed “absolute rest” for Pope Francis to help him recover from a respiratory tract infection.

American importers have been stockpiling the popular Italian bubbly Prosecco as a hedge against the possible impact of European Union tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump.

An Italian navy ship has taken migrants to Italy from asylum processing centers in Albania following a court decision in Rome.

An Italian appeals court has refused to approve the speedy expulsion of 43 asylum seekers detained in Albania under a controversial migration deal to move the proceedings beyond European Union borders.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Italy violated the right to life of those living in a toxic-waste polluted area around Naples.

Alessandro Michele’s Valentino couture debut was the most anticipated ticket of Paris Couture Week.

The U.S. Air Force has removed training courses for service members that included historical videos of its storied Black Tuskegee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs — female World War II pilots.

Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena has announced it is launching a 13.3 billion euro takeover bid for larger peer Mediobanca in a surprise move that could reshape the country’s banking sector.

The International Criminal Court has reminded Italy it is obliged to fully cooperate with its prosecutions.

German Lufthansa Group has finalized its acquisition of Italian airline ITA Airways, closing a long period of uncertainty for Italy’s former flagship carrier.

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure: a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago.

Lazio has fired the man who handled the Italian soccer club’s eagle mascot after he posted photos and videos online of his own prosthetic penis.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is heading to Syria to encourage the transition in the country following the ouster of President Bashar Assad by Islamist insurgents.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni says she doesn't believe President-elect Donald Trump actually intends to use military force to seize control of Greenland or the Panama Canal.