Italian prisons should create “love rooms” so inmates can have sex with their wives or partners, say rights activists.

T races of black soot still mark the facade of the Regina Coeli jail, a reminder of the latest riots in Rome's infamous lock-up -- now emblematic of long-standing troubles plaguing Italy's prison ...

The opening of the Holy Door at St Peter’s Basilica officially launched the Jubilee Year, a Catholic tradition which dates ...

Pope Francis has opened a "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year at a prison in Rome, bringing a message of hope to ...

ROME -- Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic Church’s once every quarter-century ...

ROME - An Italian court on Tuesday sentenced three people to up to 16 years in jail for their involvement ... was one of the deadliest in Italy's recent history, involving a wooden sailboat ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy ... That is especially true in Italy, where prison overcrowding and inmate suicides are at record highs, according to the Antigone Association ...

Iranian Ambassador to Rome Mohammad Reza Sabouri and Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Riccardo Guariglia have held a meeting to discuss consular issues.