Shocker : Luciano Pavarotti Lip-Synched Concert
Region: Italy
It has been revealed that Luciano Pavarotti who died six months ago of pancreatic cancer had lyp-synched his performance at the opening ceremony of the Turin Winter Olympic Games in 2006. The maestro who conducted the orchestra at the time and who worked with Pavarotti for years, recently published a book in which he said the tenor's performance of "Nessum Dorma" ("Let No One Sleep") was... more
Views: 2157Seven "Mortal" Sins Added By The Vatican
Region: Italy
According to the Vatican, the typical groups of people that risk eternal damnation such as murderers, adulterers, thieves, over-indulgent people, and everybody else that fall under the seven deadly sins can now be joined by the following: drug dealers, the extremely wealthy, and scientists that deal with human gene manipulation. The Catholic Church’s Catechism says that those who have sinned will be sent into... more
Views: 7038Marcion of Sinope - The Heretic who created his own Bible
Region: ItalyMarcion Marcion of Sinope was born in either 85CE or 110CE, depending on which author you believe. What is known is that he was a prosperous ship owner, the Stavros Niarchos of his time, and that Marcion died in 160CE. Travelled to Rome When Marcion travelled to Rome he went with the intention of altering the infant Christian church. In the years after his arrival in Rome, he worked out his own... more
Views: 2718'Umbrella' Killer Sentenced To 16 Years
Region: ItalyThe stabbing and murder with the umbrella tip had taken place on April 26 at the Termini station. After the attack, Doina Matei was caught on CCTV leaving the station after the attack and murder had taken place. This is just part of series of crimes committed recently by Romanians. As a result, anger across Italy was triggered. At the same time, it had soured the ties between Italy and Romania. As a result, the gov... more
Views: 988“Brother I forgive you”, The greatest Act of forgiveness in the 20th century.
Region: Italy
The Pope who loved Prisoners. On 27th December 1983 Pope John Paul II visited Rebibbia Prison in Rome. He went to the cell of Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish extremist, who attempted to assassinate him on 13th May 1981 at St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City. The Holy Father catching hold of Ali Agca’s hands said, “Brother I forgive you”. Times magazine, placing the picture of Pope John Paul II and M... more
Views: 1963"Two Families Destroyed- His and Mine"- Police Officer
Region: ItalyThese were the word of guilt and impotence that came from the police officer whose shots caused the death of Lazio tifosi Gabriele Sandri yesterday afternoon in northwest Italy. "I shot (the first shot) in the air, and the second one went off while I was running... never did I aim at anyone" said Officer Luigi Spacatorella in an exclusive interview with Italian daily Corriere della Sera. He said that he should had ... more
Views: 937Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” put online.
Region: Italy
Officials put Da Vinci’s master piece the “The Last Supper” online. Now you need not get to Milan to see “The Last Supper”, all you need an internet connection. The online image is of 16billion pixels; 1600 times stronger than the images taken with a typical 10million pixel digital camera. The high resolution will allow the experts to examine details of the 15th century wall painting, in... more
Views: 1109Il Palio in Siena
Region: ItalyForget the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain--that's been taken over by wine-soaked American college boys and drunk Australians getting their kicks Hemmingway-style. Il Palio--probably the shortest horserace in the world--is the real deal. And it's a bare-backed race. Held on the 2nd of July and the 16th of August in Siena, Tuscany, Italy, the race and its pageantry looks the same as it must have 400 years ... more
Views: 1622Cats Of Cortona
Region: ItalyI could return here in my weakness to wilt among ruined abbeys, to pass between worlds as sunlight through glass, to be reborn as a cat rounded of age and humour. I will recline upon walls as the farmer waters his motley greens, back turned to plains washed fertile by blood of thousands. I will stretch and tuck, neatly as a hillside terraced since time arose from its embryonic womb. I listen to... more
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