LEOMINSTER — Italy’s many regions are wrapped up in natural beauty, art, and history, and they all pride themselves with the country’s most celebrated festivals. While the celebrations vary from one ...

Italians hold three things close to their hearts: food, family, and faith—making Christmas, a celebration of all three, one ...

Asked whether he was the right man for the job, in one of his first interviews as Italy’s minister of culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano cited the poem ”To Italy” by Giacomo Leopardi. “O my country, I see ...

In Italy, the Christmas Eve dinner is called the “feast of the seven fishes” and, as the name suggests, it’s a seven course meal featuring only seafood. Why no roast, you ask? Well, the meat-free ...

PROVIDENCE — More than 500 years ago, Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas. His expeditions have been celebrated for centuries, but his brutal mistreatment of Indigenous peoples has altered ...

Citing 19th Century patriotic poetry and Mussolini-era writers and philosophers, the freshly appointed culture minister of Italy’s new right-wing government has promised a new era for the country’s ...

A street seller holds a Befana doll at a market in Rome’s Piazza Navona. (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP) Italy does Christmas very well, but there are a few traditions that may seem confusing or ...