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Pope Francis arrives in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican for a meeting with large families, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope lauds ‘large families’ as schools for sharing and solidarity

By - Catholic News Agency

Italian riot police officers patrol a street as they protect a refugee center in Rome's outskirts in November. The working-class neighborhood of Tor Sapienza has seen several nights of clashes by residents blaming foreigners for crimes. (Associated Press)

In Italy, immigrant surge raises tensions in south

By Luigi Serenelli - SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

German Chancellor Angela Merkel shakes hands with children symbolizing so-called Mauerspechte (wall peckers - people who chipped the wall with hammers) along remains of the Berlin Wall at the Berlin Wall memorial site at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014. Twenty-five years ago - on Nov. 9, 1989 - the East-German government lifted travel restrictions and thousands of East Berliners had pushed their way past perplexed border guards to celebrate freedom with their brethren in the West. (AP Photo/Steffi Loos)

Ruins of Berlin Wall whisper 25 years later

By Ann Schneible - Catholic News Agency

Washington Wizards guard Garrett Temple (17) drives against Charlotte Hornets guard Gary Neal (12) in the first half of a pre-season NBA basketball game, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Garrett Temple shakes off nomadic past, seizes Wizards opening

By Todd Dybas - The Washington Times

French President Francois Hollande, second from right, attends a meeting with International economic organizations at the OECD in Paris, Friday Oct. 17, 2014. The heads of major international economic organizations are to discuss the global economy following turmoil in financial markets this week and worries about another recession in Europe. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer/Pool)

MORICI: Europe must drop the Euro, Germany abandon mercantilism

By Peter Morici

Rome's Mayor Ignazio Marino, center, smiles as he registers the gay marriage between Jonathon Dominic Spada, left, and Fabrizio Maffeo, in Rome, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014. Marino has registered 16 gay marriages entered abroad in open defiance of Italy's Interior Ministry. Gay marriage is illegal in Italy. Interior Minister Angelino Alfano recently sent a notice to local prefects saying any registrations of gay marriages celebrated abroad would be voided. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Rome mayor defies law, registers 16 gay marriages

Associated Press

refugees: Nearly 1,600 migrants fleeing lands controlled by the Islamic State have died in transit to Europe in the past three months alone. (associated press)

Migrant deaths underscore EU’s immigration problem

By Janelle Dumalaon — Special to The Washington Times

Pope Francis delivers his message during an open-air mass in front of the Italy&#8217;s largest war memorial, in Fogliano Redipuglia, northern Italy, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. Pope Francis has urged the world to shed its apathy in the face of what he sees as a third world war, intoning "war is madness" during a homily at the foot of a Fascist-era World War I monument near the Slovene border. (AP Photo/Paolo Giovannini)

Pope: Global chaos looks like ‘piecemeal’ World War III

By Colleen Barry and Luca Bruno - Associated Press

From darkness into light: At the National Gallery, protected prints and Italian works on display

By Roland Flamini - Special to The Washington Times

Pope Francis arrives with his popemobile in St. Peter's Square on the occasion of the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy ramps up security over Islamic State’s threat to Pope Francis

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times