Italy's "8 per mille" tax insidiously funnels hefty funds to the Vatican.

Hey look, over there... is that luminous figure listed in the guidebook?

In the countryside, needing a car begs extreme measures — namely a license.

There's no escaping the reach of Catholicism in so-called secular Italy.

Nostalgia is a terrible thing to waste, particularly when you're moving.

What you've collected is part of character, making it all the harder to let go.

With a child, Disneyphobia is destined to come to an end, like it or not.

Blasphemy is a matter of opinion, except where it's painfully illegal.

"And have we given some thought to how we're going to raise these children?"

In Rome, conversation is cheap, and good; ethnic food is another story.