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174 <div class="entry-content clear" 175 itemprop="text" > 176 </div><!-- .entry-content .clear --> 177 </div><!-- .post-content --> 178</div> <!-- .blog-layout-1 --> 179 </article><!-- #post-## --> 180<article 181class="post-10788 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-art-and-life category-news tag-berlusconi tag-foreign-press-associaton tag-italy tag-palazzo-grazioli tag-stampa-estera ast-grid-common-col ast-full-width ast-article-post" id="post-10788" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"> 182 <div class="ast-post-format- ast-no-thumb blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner"> 183 <div class="post-content ast-grid-common-col" > 184 <div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"></div><h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2025/glamorous-roman-digs-for-italys-foreign-press-association/" rel="bookmark">Glamorous Roman digs for Italy’s Foreign Press Association</a></h2> <header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"> 185 <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="comments-link"> 186 <a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2025/glamorous-roman-digs-for-italys-foreign-press-association/#comments">14 Comments</a> </span> 187 188 / <span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/category/art-and-life/" rel="category tag">Art and Life</a>, <a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/category/news/" rel="category tag">News</a></span> / <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"> <a title="View all posts by Trisha Thomas" 189 href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/author/mozzarellamamma/" rel="author" 190 class="url fn n" itemprop="url" > 191 <span 192 class="author-name" itemprop="name" > 193 Trisha Thomas </span> 194 </a> 195 </span> 196 197 </div> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 198 <div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"> 199 <p>Almost every working day in Rome, I scamper up a wide, red-carpeted staircase, past a stuffed rhinoceros’ head and a marble statue of a topless dancer with a pet dragon, through an ornate doorway with the coat-of-arms of the Grazioli family and into the world of the Italyâs Foreign Press Association, a bizarre mix of</p> 200 </div> 201 <p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2025/glamorous-roman-digs-for-italys-foreign-press-association/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Glamorous Roman digs for Italy’s Foreign Press Association</span> Read More »</a></p> <div class="entry-content clear" 202 itemprop="text" > 203 </div><!-- .entry-content .clear --> 204 </div><!-- .post-content --> 205</div> <!-- .blog-layout-1 --> 206 </article><!-- #post-## --> 207<article 208class="post-10747 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-behind-the-scenes-with-associated-press-in-italy tag-ap tag-associated-press tag-cameraperson tag-gianfranco-stara tag-italy tag-journalism tag-rome ast-grid-common-col ast-full-width ast-article-post" id="post-10747" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"> 209 <div class="ast-post-format- ast-no-thumb blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner"> 210 <div class="post-content ast-grid-common-col" > 211 <div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"></div><h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2024/adventures-with-associated-press-cameraman-gianfranco-stara/" rel="bookmark">ADVENTURES WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS CAMERAMAN GIANFRANCO STARA</a></h2> <header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"> 212 <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="comments-link"> 213 <a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2024/adventures-with-associated-press-cameraman-gianfranco-stara/#comments">8 Comments</a> </span> 214 215 / <span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/category/behind-the-scenes-with-associated-press-in-italy/" rel="category tag">Behind the Scenes with Associated Press in Italy</a></span> / <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"> <a title="View all posts by Trisha Thomas" 216 href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/author/mozzarellamamma/" rel="author" 217 class="url fn n" itemprop="url" > 218 <span 219 class="author-name" itemprop="name" > 220 Trisha Thomas </span> 221 </a> 222 </span> 223 224 </div> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 225 <div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"> 226 <p>FISHBONES, POPES, CORKS, COBBLESTONES AND AIRCRAFT CARRIERS Adventures with AP cameraman Gianfranco Stara This week my colleague Gianfranco Stara is retiring after 30 years working for the Associated Press. Gianfranco Stara and I were hired together in October of 1994 to open the AP Television office in Rome. He was the cameraman, and in case</p> 227 </div> 228 <p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2024/adventures-with-associated-press-cameraman-gianfranco-stara/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">ADVENTURES WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS CAMERAMAN GIANFRANCO STARA</span> Read More »</a></p>
228 <div class="entry-content clear" 229 itemprop="text" > 230 </div><!-- .entry-content .clear --> 231 </div><!-- .post-content --> 232</div> <!-- .blog-layout-1 --> 233 </article><!-- #post-## --> 234<article 235class="post-10723 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-behind-the-scenes-with-associated-press-in-italy category-news tag-cosa-nostra tag-fragolona tag-mafia tag-messina-denaro tag-pizzini tag-sicily ast-grid-common-col ast-full-width ast-article-post" id="post-10723" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"> 236 <div class="ast-post-format- ast-no-thumb blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner"> 237 <div class="post-content ast-grid-common-col" > 238 <div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"></div><h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2023/the-big-strawberry/" rel="bookmark">The Big Strawberry</a></h2> <header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"> 239 <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="comments-link"> 240 <a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2023/the-big-strawberry/#comments">2 Comments</a> </span> 241 242 / <span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/category/behind-the-scenes-with-associated-press-in-italy/" rel="category tag">Behind the Scenes with Associated Press in Italy</a>, <a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/category/news/" rel="category tag">News</a></span> / <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"> <a title="View all posts by Trisha Thomas" 243 href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/author/mozzarellamamma/" rel="author" 244 class="url fn n" itemprop="url" > 245 <span 246 class="author-name" itemprop="name" > 247 Trisha Thomas </span> 248 </a> 249 </span> 250 251 </div> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 252 <div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"> 253 <p> Police in Italy arrested âThe Big Strawberryâ (Fragolona) on Frid
253ay, thatâs the code name for Rosalia Messina Denaro, older sister of the Sicilian mafiaâs top boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, captured in January after 30 years on the run. She is being held in preventive custody and investigated for mafia association. According to police, the</p> 254 </div> 255 <p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2023/the-big-strawberry/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">The Big Strawberry</span> Read More »</a></p> <div class="entry-content clear" 256 itemprop="text" > 257 </div><!-- .entry-content .clear --> 258 </div><!-- .post-content --> 259</div> <!-- .blog-layout-1 --> 260 </article><!-- #post-## --> 261<article 262class="post-10692 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-behind-the-scenes-with-associated-press-in-italy category-news tag-democratic-republic-of-the-congo tag-pope-francis tag-south-sudan ast-grid-common-col ast-full-width ast-article-post" id="post-10692" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"> 263 <div class="ast-post-format- ast-no-thumb blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner"> 264 <div class="post-content ast-grid-common-col" > 265 <div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"></div><h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2023/popes-trip-to-africa-notebook/" rel="bookmark">Pope’s Trip to Africa – Notebook</a></h2> <header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"> 266 <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="comments-link"> 267 <a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2023/popes-trip-to-africa-notebook/#comments">7 Comments</a> </span> 268 269 / <span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/category/behind-the-scenes-with-associated-press-in-italy/" rel="category tag">Behind the Scenes with Associated Press in Italy</a>, <a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/category/news/" rel="category tag">News</a></span> / <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"> <a title="View all posts by Trisha Thomas" 270 href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/author/mozzarellamamma/" rel="author" 271 class="url fn n" itemprop="url" > 272 <span 273 class="author-name" itemprop="name" > 274 Trisha Thomas </span> 275 </a> 276 </span> 277 278 </div> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 279 <div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"> 280 <p>Before the journalists climb up the back stairs of the papal plane at the start of an international papal trip, the Vatican takes away our passports, hands us the press passes we will need in the country we are visiting, the Popeâs speeches for the first day and copies of the telegrams sent to the</p> 281 </div> 282 <p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2023/popes-trip-to-africa-notebook/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Pope’s Trip to Africa – Notebook</span> Read More »</a></p> <div class="entry-content clear" 283 itemprop="text" > 284 </div><!-- .entry-content .clear --> 285 </div><!-- .post-content --> 286</div> <!-- .blog-layout-1 --> 287 </article><!-- #post-## --> 288<article 289class="post-10679 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-behind-the-scenes-with-associated-press-in-italy category-news tag-caritas tag-democratic-republic-of-congo tag-pope-francis tag-sister-orla-treacy tag-wfp ast-grid-common-col ast-full-width ast-article-post" id="post-10679" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"> 290 <div class="ast-post-format- ast-no-thumb blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner"> 291 <div class="post-content ast-grid-common-col" > 292 <div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"></div><h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2023/pope-francis-heads-to-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-and-south-sudan/" rel="bookmark">Pope Francis heads to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan</a></h2> <header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"> 293 <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="comments-link"> 294 <a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2023/pope-francis-heads-to-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-and-south-sudan/#comments">5 Comments</a> </span> 295 296 / <span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/category/behind-the-scenes-with-associated-press-in-italy/" rel="category tag">Behind the Scenes with Associated Press in Italy</a>, <a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/category/news/" rel="category tag">News</a></span> / <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"> <a title="View all posts by Trisha Thomas" 297 href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/author/mozzarellamamma/" rel="author" 298 class="url fn n" itemprop="url" > 299 <span 300 class="author-name" itemprop="name" > 301 Trisha Thomas </span> 302 </a> 303 </span> 304 305 </div> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 306 <div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"> 307 <p>Dear Blog Readers, This isnât a proper blog post, just a series of notes as I prepare to cover Pope Francisâs trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and South Sudan this week. I hope to be able to do a much more interesting and informed post when I get back. This is</p> 308 </div> 309 <p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2023/pope-francis-heads-to-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-and-south-sudan/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Pope Francis heads to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan</span> Read More »</a></p>
309 <div class="entry-content clear" 310 itemprop="text" > 311 </div><!-- .entry-content .clear --> 312 </div><!-- .post-content --> 313</div> <!-- .blog-layout-1 --> 314 </article><!-- #post-## --> 315<article 316class="post-10657 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-behind-the-scenes-with-associated-press-in-italy category-news tag-chief-wilton-littlechild tag-indigenous tag-maskwacis-apology tag-pope-francis tag-residential-schools tag-si-pih-ko ast-grid-common-col ast-full-width ast-article-post" id="post-10657" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"> 317 <div class="ast-post-format- ast-no-thumb blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner"> 318 <div class="post-content ast-grid-common-col" > 319 <div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"></div><h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2022/pope-francis-apologizes/" rel="bookmark">Pope Francis Apologizes</a></h2> <header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"> 320 <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="comments-link"> 321 <a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2022/pope-francis-apologizes/#comments">8 Comments</a> </span> 322 323 / <span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/category/behind-the-scenes-with-associated-press-in-italy/" rel="category tag">Behind the Scenes with Associated Press in Italy</a>, <a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/category/news/" rel="category tag">News</a></span> / <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"> <a title="View all posts by Trisha Thomas" 324 href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/author/mozzarellamamma/" rel="author" 325 class="url fn n" itemprop="url" > 326 <span 327 class="author-name" itemprop="name" > 328 Trisha Thomas </span> 329 </a> 330 </span> 331 332 </div> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 333 <div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"> 334 <p>EDMONTON NOTEBOOK Dear Blog Readers, I am writing from Edmonton, Canada where I came to cover the Popeâs apology to the Indigenous people for the devastating acts of the Church against children in residential schools. From the 1850s to 1970s over 150,000 Indigenous children of the First Nations, Métis, Inuit and other groups were taken</p> 335 </div> 336 <p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2022/pope-francis-apologizes/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Pope Francis Apologizes</span> Read More »</a></p> <div class="entry-content clear" 337 itemprop="text" > 338 </div><!-- .entry-content .clear --> 339 </div><!-- .post-content --> 340</div> <!-- .blog-layout-1 --> 341 </article><!-- #post-## --> 342<article 343class="post-10628 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-behind-the-scenes-with-associated-press-in-italy tag-associated-press tag-asylum-seekers tag-greece tag-lesbos tag-migrants tag-mytilene tag-pope-francis tag-turkey ast-grid-common-col ast-full-width ast-article-post" id="post-10628" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"> 344 <div class="ast-post-format- ast-no-thumb blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner"> 345 <div class="post-content ast-grid-common-col" > 346 <div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"></div><h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2021/lesbos-notebook/" rel="bookmark">Lesbos Notebook</a></h2> <header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"> 347 <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="comments-link"> 348 <a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2021/lesbos-notebook/#comments">2 Comments</a> </span> 349 350 / <span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/category/behind-the-scenes-with-associated-press-in-italy/" rel="category tag">Behind the Scenes with Associated Press in Italy</a></span> / <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"> <a title="View all posts by Trisha Thomas" 351 href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/author/mozzarellamamma/" rel="author" 352 class="url fn n" itemprop="url" > 353 <span 354 class="author-name" itemprop="name" > 355 Trisha Thomas </span> 356 </a> 357 </span> 358 359 </div> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 360 <div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"> 361 <p>This past weekend I flew to the Greek island of Lesbos to work with AP colleagues covering the visit of the Pope to the island. Pope Francis has made migration a priority of his papacy.  During a visit to Lesbos in 2016 he stunned the world by taking 12 migrants from the camp back with</p> 362 </div> 363 <p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.mozzarellamamma.com/2021/lesbos-notebook/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Lesbos Notebook</span> Read More »</a></p>
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