Sylvia Poggioli

Young People Cast Out Of Italy's Welfare System

Sylvia Poggioli — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:30:00 +0000

In Italy, the youth jobless rate is nudging 40 percent, a record high in post-war history. Demographer Stefano Rosina says the Italian welfare system has always been skewed toward the middle-aged and elderly, leaving Italian youths with no political or trade union representation.

Pope Francis Puts The Poor Front And Center

Sylvia Poggioli — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:00 +0000

Over the past week, Pope Francis has launched a crescendo of attacks on the global financial system and what he calls a "cult of money" that does not help the poor.

The 2-month-old papacy of Francis — the Argentina-born Jorge Bergoglio — is shaping up as a papacy focused on the world's downtrodden.

No More Smuggling: Many Cured Italian Meats Coming To America

Sylvia Poggioli — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:02:00 +0000

American gourmets and lovers of Italian food products, your days as food smugglers are over.

No more stuffing your suitcases with delicacies bought in Italy, hoping the sniffer dogs at JFK or other American airports won't detect the banned-in-the-USA foodstuffs inside your luggage.

In the U.S., they're called cured meats, the French say charcuterie and in Italy, the word for cured-pork products is salumi.

Long Hidden, Vatican Painting Linked To Native Americans

Sylvia Poggioli — Sun, 05 May 2013 09:27:00 +0000
For close to 400 years, the painting was closed off to the world.

Suspended Coffee: Old Italian Custom Spreads Across Poorer EU

Sylvia Poggioli — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:04:00 +0000
Tough economic times and growing poverty in much of Europe are reviving a humble tradition that began some one-hundred years ago in the Italian city of Naples.

With New Pope, Catholic Women Hope To Regain Church Leadership Roles

Sylvia Poggioli — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:17:00 +0000
The newly elected pope's focus on the poor and the marginalized has instilled great faith among many Catholic women.

Pope Francis Delivers First Easter Sunday Mass

Sylvia Poggioli — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:33:00 +0000
Pope Francis celebrated his first Easter Sunday Mass praying for world peace and urging a diplomatic solution to the standoff on the Korean peninsula.
Only two weeks after his election, the first pope from the developing world continues to make his mark on the Catholic Church.
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Amanda Knox May Face Retrial After Italian Court Ruling

Sylvia Poggioli — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:57:00 +0000
In a surprise ruling, Italy's highest court ordered a retrial of American student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. The ruling overturned the 2011 acquittal of the two defendants after they had spent four years in jail.

Election Of Pope Francis Could Signal New Start For Church

Sylvia Poggioli — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:26:00 +0000
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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:
This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
And I'm Steve Inskeep.
Not since the early centuries of the Roman Catholic Church has a pope come from outside Europe.
MONTAGNE: Pope Francis, the first pontiff ever to take that name, comes from Argentina.

Sistine Chapel Conclave Prep Includes Ensuring Social Media Blackout

Sylvia Poggioli — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:50:00 +0000
Last-minute preparations are under way at the Vatican where the conclave to elect the new pope begins Tuesday.
The 115 cardinal electors will remain at the Sistine Chapel incommunicado from the rest of the world as they vote. In the era of social media, however, Vatican officials are taking every precaution to prevent cardinals from yielding to the temptation to tweet and text.
In one corner of the chapel, workers have already installed a century-old cast-iron stove, where the voting ballots are to be burned after being tallied.