The 30-metre-high fir could be cut to become the Christmas tree showcased in St Peter's Square at the Vatican during the holidays. But residents of Ledro have written to the pontiff, urging him to ...

An Italian mountain town is trying to stop their favourite tree being cut down and given to Pope Francis for Christmas. The 200-year-old fir, nicknamed The Green Giant, has been earmarked as a ...

In an open letter to Pope Francis, the activists argued ... "They are ruining Christmas festivities over one tree." He ...

They have written a letter to Pope Francis ... “They are ruining Christmas just for a plant,” Renato Girardi told Italian media. “We only want to donate a pine tree and I want to emphasize ...

With the war in Gaza also showing no signs of ending, Pope Francis was also expected ... Bethlehem has done away with its iant Christmas tree and the elaborate decorations that normally draw ...