History & culture
The Catholic Jubilee Year: A Tradition of Renewal and Grace
January 2025 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The Catholic Jubilee Year, deeply rooted in scripture and tradition, is a time of extraordinary spiritual renewal, mercy, and celebration. Instituted to reflect God’s mercy and love, a Jubilee Year invites the faithful to reconnect with their...
Letters from Veneto: Waiting for a Miracle
January 2025 | Myra Robinson
My beloved second home in Italy is now closed for winter, but of course that doesn’t stop a stream of communication between all my Italian friends and me, while I’m home in England.
I missed the Christmas market and the ceremony to open the...
From the Italian American Press - "The Rock in Our Story"
January 2025 | Janice Therese Mancuso
In the early 1920s in Southern Italy, two young women – unknown to each other and from different areas of the same village near Naples – make a decision that, by coincidence, intersects their lives. For the first young woman, Maria, war,...
La Befana: In Southern Italy, this Whimsical Character Embraces Diversity and Appeals to All
December 2024 | Rabbi Barbara Aiello
On the night of January 5 children throughout Italy and, in particular, Calabria, hang their stockings from the fireplace mantle or place their shoes by the bedroom door all in anticipation of a beloved old lady who will slide down the chimney or...
The Columbian Exchange
December 2024 | Janice Therese Mancuso
When Christopher Columbus and his crew stepped onto an uncharted land, they encountered a civilization unlike any other they had known. In his letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, written in 1493, Columbus described the people and the...
Italian Children’s Market Welcomes Dominick the Donkey Singing Plush Toy
December 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
This year, the Italian Children’s Market welcomes someone new to its family of fun yet purposeful little members. And who is this newcomer? Why, the Italian Christmas donkey! Dominick, of course!
Many long-standing, loyal Italian Children’s Market...
Bella Figura
November 2024 | William Giovinazzo
L'articolo descrive il concetto Italiano chiamato la bella figura. È un modo di vivere unico in Italia dove una persona è autoconsciente delle sue presentazioni fuori di casa e quello che pensano gli altri di lui/lei. La bella figura include anche...
“Cook Like a Real Italian: Super Sexy and Simple Recipes” by Angelo Coassin
November 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Angelo Coassin, @CookingwithBello, is a passionate, Italian home cook whose enthusiasm is undeniable and infectious. Try finding a video of his that doesn't include a moan of "mamma mia" pleasure or his infamous "super sexy" catchphrase. He’s a...
Celebrating Italian American Heritage Month with Thirty-One Days of Italians
October 2024 | Janice Therese Mancuso
The wave of Italian immigrants arriving in America during the 20 years before and after the turn of the 20th century brought the laborers that the States needed to grow – those who worked in the mines, built the railroad tracks and roadways, and...