Rome [Italy], Feb. 6 : Posters critical of Pope Francis appeared on walls around Rome on Saturday, condemning his actions against some conservative Catholics.

Rome [Italy], Oct.27 : Two powerful earthquakes hit the central Italy on Wednesday, about 50 miles north of the site where a deadly quake had in August killed nearly 300 people, the US Geological Survey said.

According to USGS, the second quake with a magnitude of 6.1 was 3.2 kilometers north of Visso and 58 km from Perugia, reports the CNN.

Rome (Italy), Aug.25 : The death toll from a powerful earthquake that shook central Italy on Wednesday has risen to 247 on Thursday.

Media reports said that rescuers are desperately searching for survivors in the rubble of devastated mountain villages.

Turin (Italy), Aug.9 : Describing the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a major mega project having great potential benefit for the people of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), Dr. Shabir Choudhry, a prominent leader of Kashmir, has cautioned that these benefits must reach the common man and not be exploited or limited to the influential classes of Pakistan.

Rome, July 2 : Rome's first-ever woman mayor, Virginia Raggi, had a private audience on Friday at the Vatican with Pope Francis and said she was overwhelmed by his "profound humanity".

"What a huge emotion. I am struck by his profound humanity. Thank you," Raggi wrote on Twitter above a picture she posted of the meeting.

Rome, June 1 : Acknowledging Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's threat of being blacklisted, Italy's Finmeccanica, which is being investigated for bribery in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, has called for a 'transparent' solution, saying that if the matter is not sorted soon then it will "assess" its ongoing projects of supplying components and essential services to India.