Gianni Alemanno

Pope Francis raised eyebrows in Italy on Tuesday by slapping down the left-leaning mayor of Rome as someone who "pretends to be Catholic".

Rome's conservative mayor Gianni Alemanno received a letter and a bullet through the mail at his office in the town hall.The typed letter was said to have been signed 'The Armed Patriotic Groups' (GAP) and was posted to Alemanno with the bullet inside a yellow envelope. The items were being examined by police forensic experts.Alemanno described the...

Four children aged between 3 and 11 years died in a fire at an illegal Roma camp on theoutskirts of the Italian capital, officials said."The bodies were half burned," a fire service spokesman told yesterday.The ages of the victims were three, five, seven and eleven, said the spokesman, adding that the remains of what was feared to be a fifth child ...

Pope Francis raised eyebrows in Italy on Tuesday by slapping down the left-leaning mayor of Rome as someone who "pretends to be Catholic".

Rome's conservative mayor Gianni Alemanno received a letter and a bullet through the mail at his office in the town hall.The typed letter was said to have been signed 'The Armed Patriotic Groups' (GAP) and was posted to Alemanno with the bullet inside a yellow envelope. The items were being examined by police forensic experts.Alemanno described the...

Four children aged between 3 and 11 years died in a fire at an illegal Roma camp on theoutskirts of the Italian capital, officials said."The bodies were half burned," a fire service spokesman told yesterday.The ages of the victims were three, five, seven and eleven, said the spokesman, adding that the remains of what was feared to be a fifth child ...