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FILE - Pope Francis speaks during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, on Oct. 18, 2023. A famous priest-artist who was thrown out of the Jesuits after being accused of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse of women has been accepted into a diocese in his native Slovenia. The Jesuits said Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 they had provided the diocese of Koper, Slovenia an “extensive letter” outlining the allegations against the Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik and notice that he had been convicted and excommunicated for committing one of the most serious crimes in the Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Pope orders Vatican to reopen case of priest accused of adult abuse but allowed to keep ministering

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

FILE - A view of Villa Torlonia taken on Oct. 25, 2014 in Rome. Italian lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 to back a long-delayed project to build a Holocaust Museum in Rome, underlining the urgency of the undertaking following the killing of Israeli civilians by Hamas fighters in what have been deemed the deadliest attacks on Jews since the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Italian lawmakers approve 10 million euros for long-delayed Holocaust Museum in Rome

By Colleen Barry - Associated Press

Emanuele Di Porto, 92, sits on aboard a bus of the No. 23 route during the inaugurating of a traveling exhibit recounting his story, in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Di Porto, at the time a 12 years old Roman Jew, hid on a tram for a few days from Nazi deportation in October 1943, with drivers feeding him and helping him.The traveling exhibit is a highlight of events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the roundup of some 1,200 of the city's tiny Jewish community by German soldiers during the Nazi occupation in the latter years of World War II. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Rome buses recount story of a Jewish boy who avoided Nazi deportation by riding tram. He’s now 92

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Image by Alex Hunter

Has America entered the fall of Rome?

By E.J. Antoni and Peter St. Onge

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, sixth from right front row, and the Italy's Premier Giorgia Meloni, fourth from right front row, visit the island of Lampedusa, in Italy, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Sunday toured a migrant center on Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa that was overwhelmed with nearly 7,000 arrivals in a 24-hour period this week. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Italy approves new migrant detention as talk turns to naval blockade to prevent launching of boats

By Nicole Winfield and Lorne Cook and Angela Charlton - Associated Press

Migrants walk towards a station to board a bus directed to Marseille, France, in Rome, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Despite vows by Italy’s right-wing government to crack down on migrant arrivals and European Union-inked deals with Tunisia to stem the flow, the numbers of desperate people making the dangerous Mediterranean crossing keep rising. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A flotilla of migrant boats from Tunisia overwhelms an Italian island and tests Meloni’s policy

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment event on the day of the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, Sept. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Pool)

Italy’s Meloni meets with China’s Li as Italy’s continued participation in ‘Belt and Road’ in doubt

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FILE - A woman enjoys the sun in the Tuileries gardens, Monday, July 10, 2023, in Paris where temperatures are expected to rise. Rising global temperatures are elevating air conditioning from a luxury to a necessity in many parts of Europe, which long has had a conflictual relationship with energy-sucking cooling systems deemed by many a U.S. indulgence. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, file)

As the summer breezes fade, sweltering Europeans give air conditioning a skeptical embrace

By Colleen Barry and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Air conditioning external units are seen on the wall of a building in Rome, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Rising global temperatures are elevating air conditioning from a luxury to a necessity in many parts of Europe, which long has had a conflictual relationship with energy-sucking cooling systems deemed by many a U.S. indulgence. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

As the summer breezes fade, sweltering Europeans give air conditioning a skeptical embrace

By Colleen Barry and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni talks to reporters as she meets with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Giorgia Meloni’s warm welcome in Washington bodes well for U.S.-Italian relations

By James Jay Carafano and Stefano Graziosi

The prime minister of one of Libya's rival administrations, Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, front, and the President of the Italian Civil Aviation Authority Pierluigi Di Palma, right, leave the airplane after their arrival in Tripoli, Libya, Monday, July 24, 2023, on the first direct flight between Italy and Libya in nearly a decade by a commercial airline. Oil-rich Libya plunged into chaos after a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. In the disarray that followed, the country split into rival administrations in the east and west, each backed by rogue militias and foreign governments, and much of the country's international air connections were cancelled. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

One of Libya’s rival prime ministers returns to Tripoli on 1st commercial flight from Italy in years

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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni arrive for the opening session of a three-day U.N. Food and Agriculture Agency's summit on food systems in Rome, Monday, July 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

U.N. chief urges Russia to revive grain deal with Ukraine, warning ‘the most vulnerable’ will suffer

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Participants into an International conference on migration pose for a family photo in Rome, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy’s Meloni opens conference that aims to stanch flows of migrants to Europe with aid to Africa

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Alejandra Alonso De Villa, right, and Andrea Ustero Prieto both of Spain, return the ball to compatriots Paula Josemaria and Ariana Sanchez during their match at the Italy Major Premier Padel tournament in Rome, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. A successful debut at the European Games with matches played before enthusiastic crowds in Krakow's central square last month. Record prize money of nearly $1 million at this week's tournament in Rome. Padel, the fastest growing racket sport in the world among amateurs, is also making big strides at the professional level. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Padel, a rapidly growing racket game, has designs on becoming an Olympic sport

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

Max Homa, left, fist-bumps Wyndham Clark, right, after their putts on the 10th hole during the second round of the Travelers Championship golf tournament at TPC River Highlands, Friday, June 23, 2023, in Cromwell, Conn. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) **FILE**

U.S. team for golf’s Ryder Cup could be loaded, and some stars could be left out

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Pietro Orlandi wears a placard with a picture of his sister Emanuela during a sit-in near Saint Peter's Basilica, in Rome, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. The Vatican marked the 40th anniversary of the disappearance of the teenage daughter of a Vatican employee by confirming the existence of new leads “worthy of further investigation” in hopes of finally getting to the bottom of one of the Holy See’s enduring mysteries. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Vatican says new leads are worth pursuing in the disappearance of employee’s daughter 40 years ago

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi waves to reporters as he arrives at the Chamber of Deputies to meet Mario Draghi, in Rome, Feb. 9, 2021. Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy's longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died, according to Italian media. He was 86. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s tarnished 3-time premier, dies at 86

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi waves to reporters as he arrives at the Chamber of Deputies to meet Mario Draghi, in Rome, Feb. 9, 2021. Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy's longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died, according to Italian media. He was 86. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s tarnished 3-time premier, dies at 86

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Silvio Berlusconi gets emotional during the center-right coalition closing rally in Rome Thursday, Sep. 22, 2022. Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy's longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died, according to Italian media. He was 86. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Checkered and colorful, Berlusconi created a template for populists

By Eric J. Lyman — Special to The Washington Times

Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, celebrates a point against Jan-Lennard Struff, of Germany, during their men's singles final match at the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Alcaraz jumps Djokovic, returns to No. 1 in ATP rankings; Medvedev No. 2; Swiatek leads WTA

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press