Matteo Renzi’s attempt to strengthen his hand did just the opposite.
by Stefano Pitrelli and Michael Birnbaum, The Washington Post
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On Rouhani’s rainbow tour, Europe hopes for a pot of gold
By Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli in Rome and Virgile Demoustier in Paris contributed to this report.
ROME — When the last Iranian president touched down in the Eternal City for a U.N. summit in 2008, Italian officials and businessmen ran the other way. But they are already lining up for Hassan Rouhani.
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Conservative dissent is brewing inside the Vatican
By Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli contributed to this report.
VATICAN CITY — On a sunny morning earlier this year, a camera crew entered a well-appointed apartment just outside the 9th-century gates of Vatican City. Pristinely dressed in the black robes and scarlet sash of the princes of the Roman Catholic Church, Wisconsin-born Cardinal Raymond Burke sat in his elaborately upholstered armchair and appeared to issue a warning to Pope Francis.
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