The priest in Florence, Italy, has had the residents outside the Santa Maria a Coverciano church up in arms for four years after they say he rings the church bells up to 200 times a day.

A priest in Italy whom residents claim has been ringing his parish bells more than 200 times a day has been fined and ordered to go easy on the chimes.Don.

In Italy, turreted church towers are part of the country's fabric, as are the bronze bells in the belfry that call the faithful to mass. But as church attendance has dropped, so has demand for the ...

Neighbors outraged by church ringing bells daily on every half hour. Nov. 2, 2009— -- The fight, pitting religious freedom against the right to be comfortable in one's own home, started in ...