Culture

Viterbo (near Rome), Sassari (Sardinia Island), Nola (near Naples) and Palmi (Calabria) have all been named by Unesco as notable for their “Celebrations of big shoulder-borne processional structures”. This is the UN Agency motivation: “The coordinated and equitable sharing of tasks in …

As we exchange gifts and recover from the debt accrued on our credit cards resulting from our holiday shopping, the end of December also means, at least for me, a time to get ready for the numismatic convention in New …

Dear Readers, November notes and thoughts on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2013.  From George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation: Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to  recommend to the people of the United States a …

Many Americans of Italian descent make the same plaintive comment when asked about the origins of their immigrant ancestors: “My parents (or grandparents) never talked about it.”     I hope to help you discover long-lost information about your roots.  There are …

A cinquant’anni dall’assassinio di Dallas, la figura di John Fitzgerald Kennedy è ancora significativa e vitale nell’immaginario collettivo. Tanto negli Stati Uniti, quanto in Italia.    A Milano, Paolo Colombo, ordinario di Storia delle Istituzioni politiche all’Università cattolica del Sacro …

Non ci si stanca mai di ritornare in luoghi incantevoli, come questo della missione San Carlos Borromeo, meglio conosciuta come “il Carmel”.    Il  fascino del Carmel sta in una magnificenza di colori e profumi, di storia antica e arte …

Dear Readers, L’Italo-Americano began publishing in 1908 and 105 years later is the only weekly Italian American “contenda” still standing in the state of California, western United States and Canada. L’Italo-Americano is the only newspaper that celebrates our heritage and …

  On December 8, a snow-white papamobile leads a caravan of black limos from Vatican City to the Column of the Immaculate Conception in Piazza Mignanelli, the southwest extension of Rome’s Piazza di Spagna. Dedicated shortly after Pius IX declared …

In our imagination, comets are fascinating prodigies of nature that cross the sky often invisible to the naked eye. Yet, this year we almost had the chance to see one of them shining above our heads just around Christmas. Sadly, …

ROME – The traditional Vatican Christmas tree was recently raised in St Peter’s Square. The 25-meter fir that weighs 7,2 tons, chosen to decorate the church for the Eve Mass, was donated by the town of Waldmuenchen, in Germany. “We …