Angela Giuffrida

The anguished mother of a British man who vanished in Sardinia this summer has urged a woman from Jersey, who he was with in the days before he disappeared, to come forward and assist with the police investigation.

Cristina Pittalis urges mystery woman to come forward to help find son Michael, last seen in July

St Peter's tomb will be livestreamed as the Vatican embraces technology in its quest to connect with Catholics in far-flung places during holy year, an event expected to bring as many as 33 million pilgrims to Rome.

Company is at loggerheads with Italian government, which claims it has not invested enough in the country

Brutal killing of Giulia Cecchettin, 22, triggered protests across country and cast grim spotlight on femicide in Italy

Pope Francis has said he escaped a double suicide bombing during a visit to Iraq three years ago after the attempts on his life were foiled by British intelligence and Iraqi police.

Francis made the revelation in his upcoming autobiography, Spera (Hope), due to be published in January

More than 150 experts worked to save Ottavia Piana, who fell while charting Bueno Fonteno cave near Bergamo

Elevated passageway connecting Uffizi Galleries with Pitti Palace was for centuries used only by those with power

Over history, the Vasari corridor, a narrow, 750-metre-long elevated passageway crossing the Arno River in Florence, has been walked through by dukes, dictators and Europe's illustrious elite.