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Pope Francis prays in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary, near Rome's Spanish Steps, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, an annual tradition marking the start of the city's holiday season. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis prays to mark start of Italy’s holiday season

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In this photo taken Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, Steven Lacchin, 39, left, takes a selfie with Gerald Erebon, 30, right, who DNA tests indicate is his half-brother, as they meet for the first time in Nairobi, Kenya. An Associated Press story on the front page of a newspaper in Nairobi brought together the two Kenyan men - one who knew that his father was an Italian missionary priest, and the other who wanted proof that he was the son of the same priest. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Italian priest, and 2 Kenyan men who say he’s their father

By KHALED KAZZIHA and NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope Francis, framed by the St. Peter's Square Christmas tree, waves during the Angelus noon prayer he recited from the window of his studio, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope says Nativity scenes should go in town squares, schools

By ALESSANDRA TARANTINO and FRANCES D’EMILIO - Associated Press

Officials seek faster trial for US teens in Rome cop slaying

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This Nov. 12, 2014 photo made available by the Organization of American States shows Maltese academic Joseph Mifsud during a meeting in Washington. It was Mifsud who allegedly dropped the first hint that the Russians were interfering into the 2016 U.S. presidential election and he has not been seen publicly for nearly a year. An Associated Press investigation published Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, shows it isn’t the first time Mifsud has gone to ground. (Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS via AP)

Joseph Mifsud resurfaces in Italian newspaper interview

By Eric J. Lyman Special to The Washington Times

Pope Francis greets cardinals in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican after an audience with students and teachers of the LUMSA Catholic University, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope taps fellow Jesuit as Vatican’s finance minister

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

The Frecce Tricolori Italian Air Force acrobatic squad flies over Rome's skyline on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of founding of the Italian Republic in 1946, Saturday, June 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Joseph Mifsud puts Rome, Italy, at center of William Barr-John Durham Trump counterprobe

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, migrants aboard a blue plastic boat are seen in the Mediterranean Sea. The U.N. refugee agency is investigating why Malta last week allegedly asked the Libyan coast guard to intercept a migrant boat in a zone of the Mediterranean under Maltese responsibility, in possible violation of maritime law, a U.N. official said Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Renata Brito)

UNHCR probes Libya-Malta interception in migrant rescue

By RENATA BRITO and GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte arrives at Chigi Palace to open the meeting of the cabinet, in Rome, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte forged a new coalition government Wednesday that teams up the populist 5-Star Movement and center-left Democrats in an unusual alliance of rivals to banish for now the specter of early election that likely could have seen the triumph of Italy's fast-rising right-wing forces. (Riccardo Antimiani/ANSA via AP)

Italy-EU honeymoon has just started, but needs to last

By GIADA ZAMPANO and LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini receives media attention at the end of a political rally as part of his 'Italian summer tour', in Taormina, Southern Italy, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019. Italy on Friday edged closer to holding an election as early as this fall that could move the country farther to the right, with anti-migrant Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini already unofficially campaigning for the premiership and declaring it makes “no sense” to keep alive the feuding populist coalition government. (Carmelo imbesi/ANSA via AP)

Matteo Salvini, Northern League head, has eyes on prime minister of Italy

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

A Police officer asks a woman not to sit on the Spanish Steps, in Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. Police started the enforcement of a law designed to protect monuments and landmarks and are forbidding people from sitting on the Spanish steps since they are considered a monument. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Police patrol Rome’s Spanish Steps to enforce sitting ban

By DOLORES HINCKLEY - Associated Press

Ethan Elder, father of Finnegan Lee Elder who is in custody for the slaying of Carabinieri officer Mario Cerciello Rega, arrrives at Regina Celi prison in Rome, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. Two American teenagers were jailed in Rome on Saturday as authorities investigate their alleged roles in the fatal stabbing of the Italian police officer on a street near their hotel. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The Latest: Suspect’s family says truth hasn’t yet come out

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From left, Carabinieri Colonel Lorenzo D'Aloia, prosecutors Nunzia D'Elia, and Michele Prestipino, and Carabinieri General Francesco Gargano arrive to a press conference about the investigation on the murder of Carabinieri's officer Mario Cerciello Rega in Rome, Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Two American teenagers were jailed in Rome on Saturday as authorities investigate their alleged roles in the fatal stabbing of the Italian police officer on a street near their hotel. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italy: Slain police officer didn’t have gun when stabbed

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

In this photo release by Italian Carabinieri, Finnegan Lee Elder sits in his hotel room in Rome. Two American teenagers were jailed in Rome on Saturday as authorities carry out a murder investigation in the killing of Italian police officer Mario Cerciello Rega, 35. A detention order issued by prosecutors was shown on Italian state broadcaster RAI, naming the suspects as Gabriel Christian Natale Hjorth and Finnegan Lee Elder. (Italian Carabinieri via AP)

Finnegan Lee Elder: Italy police officer killing was self-defense

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Carabinieri officer Mario Cerciello Rega's wife, Rosa Maria, right, follows the coffin containing the body of her husband during his funeral in his hometown of Somma Vesuviana, near Naples, southern Italy, Monday, July 29, 2019. Two American teenagers were jailed in Rome on Saturday as authorities investigate their alleged roles in the fatal stabbing of the Italian police officer on a street near their hotel. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The Latest: US diplomat visits teen held in officer’s death

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The coffin containing the body of Carabinieri's officer Mario Cerciello Rega is carried to his funeral in his hometown of Somma Vesuviana, near Naples, southern Italy, Monday, July 29, 2019. Two American teenagers were jailed in Rome on Saturday as authorities investigate their alleged roles in the fatal stabbing of the Italian police officer on a street near their hotel. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italy judge: Teen claims he knifed officer in self-defense

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

In this combo photo released by Italian Carabinieri, Gabriel Christian Natale Hjorth, right, and Finnegan Lee Elder, sit in their hotel room in Rome. Two American teenagers were jailed in Rome on Saturday as authorities carry out a murder investigation in the killing of Italian police officer Mario Cerciello Rega, 35. A detention order issued by prosecutors was shown on Italian state broadcaster RAI, naming the suspects as Gabriel Christian Natale Hjorth and Finnegan Lee Elder. (Italian Carabinieri via AP)

Italy: Teen held in officer’s death ‘illegally blindfolded’

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

In this combo photo released by Italian Carabinieri, Gabriel Christian Natale Hjorth, right, and Finnegan Lee Elder, sit in their hotel room in Rome. Two American teenagers were jailed in Rome on Saturday as authorities carry out a murder investigation in the killing of Italian police officer Mario Cerciello Rega, 35. A detention order issued by prosecutors was shown on Italian state broadcaster RAI, naming the suspects as Gabriel Christian Natale Hjorth and Finnegan Lee Elder. (Italian Carabinieri via AP)

Finnegan Elder and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, U.S. teens, jailed in Italy police killing

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

People arrive to pay respect in the church where Carabinieri officer Mario Cerciello Rega was laid in state, in Rome, Sunday, July 28, 2019. In a statement Saturday, Carabinieri officers investigating the death of Cerciello Rega, 35, said two young American tourists have been detained for alleged murder and attempted extortion. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The Latest: Teens’ schools react to officer’s Rome killing

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In this photo release by Italian Carabinieri, Gabriel Christian Natale Hjorth sits in his hotel room in Rome. Two American teenagers were jailed in Rome on Saturday as authorities carry out a murder investigation in the killing of Italian police officer Mario Cerciello Rega, 35. A detention order issued by prosecutors was shown on Italian state broadcaster RAI, naming the suspects as Gabriel Christian Natale Hjorth and Finnegan Lee Elder. (Italian Carabinieri via AP)

Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, U.S. teen held in Italy police officer slaying, ‘illegally blindfolded’

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