With Italy’s Christmas spirit in full swing, parents are purchasing presents, putting up trees, and gamely allowing their children to believe in Santa for one more year. But one Italian bishop ...

Haunted by her own losses, Francesca had left behind a promising academic career in Italian studies and a passionate but ill-fated marriage, to open a nursery school that aims at reducing Santa ...

Santa Croce is also home to what some say is the most important art collection of any church in Italy, the most notable works being spectacular frescoes done by Giotto. Recent visitors raved about ...