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IMG class=hide alt=”Pope urges compassion for failed marriages” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-84b3fecfbda7f73e201ca80bd08c2f33.jpg” (By Denis Greenan). P(ANSA) – Vatican City, February 28 – Pope Francis on Friday continued to strike new and conciliatory notes on contentious Catholic issues by preaching compassion for people in … Continue reading
(ANSA) – Grosseto, November 18 – A local court on Monday heard testimony on how the Costa Concordia’s back-up generator failed just moments after the 290-metre, 450-million-euro cruise ship crashed into rocks off the Island of Giglio on January 13, … Continue reading
(ANSA) – Milan, October 24 – A court in Milan on Thursday acquitted an entrepreneur charged with evading VAT taxes of 180,000 euros. A preliminary hearings judge said the man, who owns a computer company, had not committed a crime … Continue reading