I’M just on my way home from the Slow Food Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre in Turin. It’s a biennial event that kicks off on Friday and finishes on Monday evening. 

Italy’s president has resigned, setting off a scramble for a new head of state that will test premier Matteo Renzi’s ability to unite his own bickering party without alienating opposition support for electoral reform.

The Queen of England and the Duke of Edinburgh will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican today.

The world needs the Northern Ireland peace process to work to show that Christians can co-exist together, Pope Benedict said today.