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Writer: Frances D'Emilio

March 8, 2013
8:38 pm

Comic turned politician Beppe Grillo has called Israel "frightening" and accused Jews in Hollywood of persecuting Mel Gibson. (AP/Fabio Palli, Lapresse)

Italy kingmaker’s anti-Jewish views under scrutiny

Suddenly a force in politics, comedian Beppe Grillo is generating unease with comments on Jewish conspiracies and media control

By Frances D'Emilio

February 28, 2013
10:14 pm

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his final greetings to the assembly of cardinals at the Vatican, Thursday, February 28, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Vatican TV)

Benedict XVI resigns papacy with emotional Vatican send-off

In a final farewell to cardinals, the Catholic leader pledges his ‘unconditional reverence and obedience’ to his successor

By Frances D'Emilio and Nicole Winfield

February 25, 2013
10:57 pm

A torn electoral poster shows center-right coalition leader Silvio Berlusconi in Rome, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Italy's crucial elections appear to be heading toward gridlock, initial results show, with the center-left forces of Pier Luigi Bersani headed toward victory in the lower house of Parliament and the camp of former premier Silvio Berlusconi gaining the upper hand in the equally powerful Senate. (photo credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy faces political gridlock after crucial elections

Protest campaign wins surprising success and center-right and center-left split remaining vote; revote possible

By Colleen Barry and Frances D'Emilio

December 31, 2012
4:53 am

In this photo from files, taken on April 18, 2009, Italian neurologist and senator for life Rita Levi Montalcini, Nobel Prize winner for Medicine in 1986, is seen at a press conference for her one hundredth birthday, in Rome (photo credit: AP/Riccardo De Luca)

Nobel scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini dies at 103

Italy’s ‘Lady of the Cells,’ who overcame patriarchy and anti-Semitism to make ground-breaking discoveries in the field of neuroscience, passes away in Rome

By Frances D'Emilio

April 8, 2012
5:03 pm

Tens of thousands gather in St. Peter's Square for Easter Mass at the Vatican, April 2012 (photo credit: AP/Pier Paolo Cito)

Pope urges Syrian peace at Easter Mass

Benedict XVI calls on Assad to end the bloodshed, expresses hope for Middle East peace

By Frances D'Emilio and Diaa Hadid