Italy faces limbo as Berlusconi starts packing his bags
Catherine HornbyAbandoned by MPs ahead of a bid to save Italy from Greece's fate, Silvio Berlusconi will step down as PM -- leaving Rome mired in political chaos.
Vatican editorial criticises same-sex family structure
Catherine HornbyThe Vatican stressed that children should be raised by a father and mother after Italy's top appeals court granted a gay mother custody of her son.
Police and solidarity demonstrators clash in Rome
Catherine HornbyHooded demonstrators have clashed with police in some of the worst violence in the Italian capital, setting cars on fire and breaking shop windows.
Italian Nobel scientist Montalcini dies at 103
Catherine HornbyRita Levi Montalcini, joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and an Italian Senator for Life, died on Sunday at the age of 103.
