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You're just as likely to hear the broken English of an exchange student as that of an Italian immigrant. And the neighborhood is home to more cappuccino-sippers than stonemasons.   But no place in Cleveland has retained the historical look and Old World charm more than Little Italy. No festival bridges tradition and change more than Lit...

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La Grotta di San Michele Arcangelo di Monte Sant'Angelo, in Puglia, è l'unica italiana nella top10 delle Grotte Sacre scelte nel mondo dal National Geographic. Il Sindaco di Monte Sant'Angelo è entusiasta: "Custodiamo uno dei Santuari più belli del mondo, sito Unesco dal 2011". Sono 10 le Grotte Sacre più belle del mondo. All'ottavo posto di quest...

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by Kerry-Lynne Demarinis Brown   If you are Italian, there is a very good chance you know the story of San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples. A man of unwavering Christian faith, he was known for his generosity, especially to the needy. The Romans beheaded him in the fourth century. His mourners wrapped the bishop's body and severed h...

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The King Street Marketing Group and the Italy America Chamber of Commerce introduce the Charleston Italian Festival. The event will be a celebration of Italian culture, arts, food, wine and automobiles. It will be held on Daniel Island from noon to 7:00 p.m., September 19, the Feast of San Gennaro.   The Charleston Italian Festival will feat...

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by Brian Dowling The main event in St. Anthony's Feast is set for today, but revelers filled the streets of the North End last night to sample delicacies, dance and welcome a parade of Italian marching bands. It's the 96th year for what's now the largest Italian festival in New England, which was established by Catholic immigrants who ca...

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by Leonica Valentine   Parishioners kept the faith Saturday at Our Lady of Peace Church — holding mass outside of the locked church in defiance. The church, at 239 E. 62nd St., was shuttered on July 31 as part of the archdiocese's initiative to merge 112 parishes to create 55 new ones. Under the "Making All Things New" program, Our Lad...

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When Our Lady of the Angels Chapel was built and dedicated in the early 20th century, it was surrounded by the rolling hills and open countryside of a farm that served as a retreat for the members of the Catholic order of the Sulpician Fathers.   For years, the chapel was the centerpiece of St. Charles College, a Catholic Seminary that opera...

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by Zoe Romanowsky   Actor and film maker, Joe Mantegna, spoke to Aleteia about how he became a spokesman for the Saint Pio Foundation, and about his connection to Padre Pio. As an Italian-American who still has many family members living close to San Giovanni Rotondo, the town where Saint Pio lived and died, Mantegna feels a sense of provide...

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More Photos here    Fonte: Magna Grece    

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By Laryssa Wirstiuk For many people, an Italian festival means deep-fried rice balls, zeppoles, and homemade Italian pastries. But this year's La Festa Italiana, the 110th of its kind, is celebrating a special occasion for the parishioners of Holy Rosary Church (344 Sixth Street): 128 years as the first Italian parish in New Jersey. The festival a...

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