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The New 'Avignon Papacy'? Pentagon Officials Reportedly Invoked Medieval Captivity to Threaten Vatican and Force Pope's Support

The intense Pentagon meeting where a senior official summoned Pope Leo XIV's ambassador sparked tensions reminiscent of the Avignon Papacy. Explore the global implications for military power.

International Business Times UK

‘Was that an earthquake?’ Italy’s great psychogeographer tackles the Vesuvius-haunted Naples tourists seldom see

His films about Rome’s ringroad and the islanders and refugees of Lampedusa have won awards. Now Gianfranco Rosi is completing his trilogy, capturing a Naples ‘that is not immediately there’

The Guardian - UK

Pope set to make virtual appearance for America’s 250th birthday celebrations

Leo will instead spend July 4 on Lampedusa, a key Mediterranean migrant entry point, following Pope Francis’s 2013 visit

The Independent UK

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Pope's grand tour of Italy over the next few months takes him to Lampedusa and beyond

The Vatican has announced that Pope Leo XIV will travel up and down the Italian peninsula over the next few months

The Independent UK

Italian Authorities Try To Identify Lampedusa Capsize Victims

Italian authorities on Friday sought to identify the bodies of 27 people who died when two crowded boats sank off the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa.

International Business Times

Mediterranean migrant tragedy kills at least 27 as mother tells of watching her baby ‘slip away’ in the chaos

The moment everything went wrong off Italy's coast.

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At Least 26 Migrants Dead In Two Shipwrecks Off Italy

At least 26 migrants died Wednesday when two boats sank off the coast of Italy's Lampedusa island, with around 10 others still missing, the coastguard and UN officials said.

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At least 20 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Italy's Lampedusa, UN says

Authorities have recovered 20 bodies, and are searching for another 12 to 17 survivors, according to the UN refugee agency.

Euronews

Italy Says Six Dead, 40 Missing After Migrant Shipwreck

Six people died and 40 are missing after a migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean, the United Nations said Wednesday, as Italian authorities searched for survivors off the island of Lampedusa.

International Business Times

Six dead, 40 missing as migrant boat capsizes near Italy’s Lampedusa

Italian media say 10 people rescued as search continues for more survivors.

Al Jazeera

More than 2,200 people died in Mediterranean in 2024, UN finds

Figure includes hundreds of children, who make up one in five migrants trying to reach Europe fleeing war and poverty

The Guardian - UK

Italy's Salvini faces verdict for blocking migrants at sea. Case weighs limits of stemming migration

Italy’s deputy premier, Matteo Salvini, is sounding defiant as he awaits a verdict in Sicily for preventing some 100 migrants from disembarking a rescue boat in 2019 when he was interior minister

The Independent UK

Pope Francis Calls For Compassion In Prayer Vigil For Migrants And Refugees

The Pope urges nations to increase legal pathways for migration and combat criminal networks exploiting migrants.

Zenger

A decade after Lampedusa boat tragedy, Mediterranean remains world's deadliest migrant route

As record numbers of migrants continue to arrive on the small Italian island of Lampedusa, FRANCE 24 looks back at the shipwreck of 2013, which saw 368 people drown off the island. Our reporters met a witness to the tragedy, a survivor and the island's doctor who registered the deaths.…

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France 24

Pope Francis 'is not being listened to' on plight of migrants, expert says

Pope Francis is visiting the southern French port city of Marseille to show solidarity with the plight of migrants there. It comes a decade on from a landmark visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa at the start of his papacy, where he condemned the "global indifference" to their suffering.…

Radio France Internationale

France 'will not welcome migrants' from Lampedusa, says minister

France says it will not welcome any migrants coming from the Italian island of Lampedusa, which last week saw a record number of arrivals.

Radio France Internationale

France to support Italy in 'securing its border' against illegal migrants

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin visited Rome on Monday to discuss migration, after a week of mass arrivals on the Italian island of Lampedusa forced a European-wide response.

WEKU

Italy cracks down on migrants as Meloni calls for a naval blockade off North Africa

The measures approved by the Cabinet focused on migrants who don't qualify for asylum and are slated to be repatriated to their home countries.

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Al Jazeera

Amid migration crisis, Italy set to pass stricter measures on arrivals

Last week, almost 10,000 people arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa.

The Independent UK

Italy mulls new migrant crackdown as talk turns to naval blockade to prevent launching of boats

The Italian Cabinet is meeting to adopt new measures to crack down on migration

Al Jazeera

EU chief promises ‘action plan’ as Italy sees surge of asylum seekers

EU chief empahsises need for surveillance via sea and land as Italian island of Lampedusa reports record arrivals.

Radio France Internationale

EU vows emergency plan for Italy after surge in migrant arrivals

The European Union presented Sunday an emergency plan for Italy to help it handle migrant arrivals after a record number of people landed on its island of Lampedusa over the past week.

The Independent UK

EU and Italian leaders tour tiny Lampedusa as tensions rise over surge in migrant arrivals

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Sunday toured a migrant center on Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa that was overwhelmed with nearly 7,000 arrivals in a 24-hour period this week

The Independent UK

Top EU official heads to an Italian island struggling with migrant influx as Italy toughens stance

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plans to travel on Sunday to the Italian island of Lampedusa amid an influx of migrants who arrived this week

France 24

EU’s von der Leyen announces plan to address migrant crisis during Lampedusa visit

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged the swift return of irregular migrants and a crackdown on the “brutal business” of migrant smuggling Sunday during a visit with Italy's premier to a tiny fishing island overwhelmed with nearly 7,000 arrivals in a single day this week.

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