Masterfully crafted baroque churches, Moorish cupolas, and grand, if slightly shabby, palazzi, oversee the busy streets of Palermo, in Sicily. A coastal city that has changed hands between the ...

British airline EasyJet is expanding its Italian offering this week, with new direct flights between Bristol and the Sicilian capital of Palermo set to start on Thursday, June 26th.

The sumptuous wooden ceiling that made the convent famous, ... FRANCESCO BELLINA FOR LE MONDE. The ruins of the Franciscan convent church of San Maria di Gesu, in Palermo on July 24, 2023.

In Palermo, there's more to an evening walk than meets the eye. The Sicilian capital was, until relatively recently, largely shuttered by 8pm on account of the city's mafia ties.

He was beatified in 2013, becoming the first mafia victim to be recognized officially by the Catholic Church as a martyr. In his letter, Pope Francis noted how Puglisi when he met his assassin ...

Pope Francis has again surprised and shaken up the Italian church by appointing as archbishops of Bologna and Palermo two pastors that have “the smell of the sheep.” He has named Matteo Zuppi ...

(ANSAmed) - PALERMO, JUNE 20 - Ten foreigners with stay permits for humanitarian reasons who are currently being housed in three different migrant reception centres are ready to learn a new job ...