Each summer the English upland town of Appleby-in-Westmorland hosts a spontaneous week-long ‘happening’. It’s the event of the year for a culture with an unsettled past—and an uncertain future. A man ...

If there is a universal musical language reaching from India across the Middle East and into Europe, it is best represented in the Gypsy culture--or, in the preferred description, the Roma people. It ...

Pope Benedict XVI will welcome groups of European gypsies to the Vatican this Saturday. The delegation, which will include members the Roma, Sinti, Manouches, Kale, Yenish and Travellers communities ...

A new document addressing the unique issue of pastoral care for the world’s heavily-persecuted population of Gypsies, saw light today during a presentation at the Vatican’s Press Office. The document, ...