Rome (CNN) — Italy, a country once known for its big families gathered around the dinner table, is facing a crisis of unparalleled proportions. For the first time, the number of births in a year fell ...

Istat (National Institute of Statistics) portrays an increasingly elderly and fragile Italy: the declining birth rate is not ...

Italy faces a historic low in birth rates, marking a demographic crisis. The fertility rate has dropped, and despite government efforts, the decline persists. An aging population and rising retirement ...

Italy has long had one of the lowest birth rates in the EU, and the country is ageing at a much faster rate than other member states, and it appears to be getting worse. According to government ...

Pope Francis on Monday received the prefects of the Italian Republic in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace and expressed his concern about the low birth rate in the country, lamenting that ...

The Vatican announced on Thursday that Pope Francis will speak at an event on Italy’s demographic crisis as the country’s birth rate sits at a historic low. Pope Francis will address “The General ...