When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.
It’s fitting that it was the expansion-minded ancient Romans who built Europe’s first super highway — they understood the ...
It’s fitting that it was the expansion-minded ancient Romans who built Europe’s first super highway — they understood the ...
The Copts were (and remain) so devoted to Michael that they established 12 feasts in his honor, one per month, to be observed ...
For a more unusual and slightly eerie experience, visit the Catacombs of Rome, a series of underground burial sites used by ...
On the plane back to Rome after his 12-day journey to Asia and Oceania, Pope Francis definitively ruled out visiting Paris ...
The Catholic Church has been undergoing a long, slow shift, playing out on the timescale of centuries: a shift to distance ...
This pretty seaside city, also the capital, is found on one of Greece's largest islands, but it is so close to Turkey it ...
Ravenna is on Italy’s tourist map for one reason: its 1,500-year-old churches decorated with best-in-the-West Byzantine ...
In Eastern Churches, however, the ordination of married men is permitted. Since the late 19th century, only celibate Eastern ...