<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Post</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><description>Post</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Tells Journalists to Search for 'Truth']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11300-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11300-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI presented a smiling papacy to the world's news media Saturday while, in the background, the Vatican's battle over same-sex marriage legislation in Spain presented the pontiff with an early test of his moral authority.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Berlusconi Resigns but Plans New Cabinet]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4304-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4304-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, his government reeling from recent electoral setbacks, resigned on Wednesday, technically ending the life of Italy's longest-lasting post-World War II government.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Pope Has Steadfast Beliefs in a Tumultuous World]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1334-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1334-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[His searing experience as a World War II Nazi conscript left Pope Benedict XVI with a distrust of nationalism and socialism, and a passionate belief in holding firmly to enduring truths.]]></description><author> Alan Cooperman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Stately 'Piazza,' A Formal Complaint]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64482-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64482-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK<br> At times affecting and at others cloyingly antiseptic, "The Light in the Piazza" is at once the most beautiful and the most perplexing new musical of the Broadway season.]]></description><author> Peter Marks</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New, Old Rules to Guide Balloting for Next Pope]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60683-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60683-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Roman Catholic cardinals from 52 countries today begin to choose a successor to Pope John Paul II in a secret conclave that will follow elaborate customs.]]></description><author> Alan Cooperman  and Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the Conclave: Guardians of Continuity Versus Agents of Change]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59537-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59537-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ROME, April 16  --  The next pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church could be a Brazilian cardinal who gave refuge to striking workers pursued by police helicopters. It could be a Nigerian whose parents worshiped African gods, a bookish Viennese who speaks five languages, an Italian who speaks only his home tongue, or an Argentine who rides a bus to work in his diocese.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams and Alan Cooperman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catholic  Dissidents Call for Openness]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57560-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57560-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As 115 cardinals prepare to enter a conclave Monday to elect the next pope, dissidents are calling for a new willingness to debate such topics as the ordination of women, HIV/AIDS and the morality of homosexuality.]]></description><author> Alan Cooperman  and Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Shot in the Armchair]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57905-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57905-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[At Milan's furniture fair, designers push cultural and stylistic boundaries.]]></description><author> Jura Koncius</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cardinals Get Upgrade at Conclave]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55209-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55209-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ROME, April 14  --  By the standards of contemporary Rome, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the Vatican's home-away-from-home for cardinals scheduled to begin voting for a new pope next week, is a three-star establishment: clean, well-lit and offering wholesome but plain food. No chocolates are placed on the pillows.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vatican Is Rethinking Relations With Islam]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55208-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55208-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  ROME, April 12  --  After two decades of contact and dialogue with the Islamic world under Pope John Paul II, the Vatican is rethinking an outreach program that critics say is diluting Catholicism and has brought almost no benefits to beleaguered Catholic minorities in Muslim countries.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams and Alan Cooperman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roll With It]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49861-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49861-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A friend recently bought a '70s Colonial in the Virginia suburbs with a kitchen typical of that decade: cherry cabinets, white appliances, white Formica countertops. Unable to renovate anytime soon, she updated with paint: a mossy Benjamin Moore green called Fraser fir (No. 503). Right away it warmed up the room, softening the fluorescent lights and creating an earthy, Mediterranean feel (especially after she unpacked her Italian pottery).]]></description><author>Edited  Liz Seymour</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Revelations': It's a Long Way To Armageddon]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48351-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48351-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NBC has unleashed the armies of the night in a six-game tournament against the armies of the day.]]></description><author> Tom Shales</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small Protest Precedes Mass by U.S. Cardinal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45365-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45365-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  VATICAN CITY, April 11  --  Cardinal Bernard F. Law presided over a Mass in mourning for Pope John Paul II on Monday, a few hours after Italian police broke up a peaceful demonstration by two American victims of sex abuse who were protesting the Vatican's choice of Law for the honor.]]></description><author> Alan Cooperman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venetian Bind]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42742-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42742-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     ALIBI <br>By Joseph Kanon<br>Henry Holt. 405 pp. $26<br>Former publishing executive Joseph Kanon drew me into his fourth novel with a beguiling first sentence  --  "After the war, my mother took a house in Venice"  --  that promised both the beauties of that great...]]></description><author> Patrick Anderson,</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Role of U.S. Cardinal Sparks Protest]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42581-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42581-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ROME, April 10  --  American victims of sexual abuse by priests said Sunday that the Vatican was "rubbing salt into our wounds" by honoring Cardinal Bernard F. Law, who was designated to celebrate a special Mass of mourning for Pope John Paul II on Monday.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams  and Alan Cooperman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tailor to the Popes Working Overtime]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40511-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40511-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ROME, April 9  --  There has already been much speculation about what kind of man will soon be elected successor to Pope John Paul II: Will he be a charmer? An intellectual? An African, European or Latin American? A tight-fisted disciplinarian or a convivial democrat?]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[With Tears, Gratitude, Faithful Bid Goodbye]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38443-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38443-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Some 20 miles from Vatican, a group of Polish pilgrims came to say their last goodbye to Pope John Paul II, watching the late pontiff's funeral on a giant television screen.]]></description><author> Craig Whitlock</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush: Funeral a 'Reaffirmation']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36405-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36405-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President says pope's emotional funeral strengthened his belief in Christianity, in a living God and in how religious faith is a lifelong journey, not a respite.]]></description><author> Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fatigued and Frustrated, Faithful Find Some Relief]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35840-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35840-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NETTUNO, Italy, April 7  --  The revolt erupted about 8 a.m., shortly after the Polish pilgrims arrived in this town 35 miles outside Rome and stepped off the buses to inspect the three-star hotel they had been promised with hot showers and warm beds, the first since they had departed Krakow for the Vatican two days earlier.]]></description><author> Craig Whitlock</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Reconciled With Many but Made Special Effort With Jews]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35460-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35460-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ ROME, April 7  --  For nearly 300 years the Jews of Rome were confined to a squalid and disease-ridden ghetto created by papal decree. Even after the walls fell and the ghetto was slowly transformed into prime urban real estate, no Roman Catholic pope ever set foot in the Great Synagogue here  --  although it was only two miles from the Vatican  --  until John Paul II ordered up a phone call.]]></description><author> Glenn Frankel</author></item></channel></rss>