The letter was one of many, and was typical of his passionate approach. According to legend, Paul returned to Rome, intent on seeing his controversial approach win out. There he was imprisoned for ...

A particularly illuminating passage is Romans 16. This is the very last section of a letter written to the church in Rome, a church Paul didn’t found and wasn’t too familiar with. In this ...

Francis, leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics since 2013, returned to his quarters in the Vatican on March 23 after five weeks in Rome’s Gemelli hospital to be treated for double pneumonia.

The holy door at Saint Paul's Outside the Walls was opened on Sunday by the Rome basilica's archpriest, Cardinal James Michael Harvey. It is the fifth and final holy door to be opened in the Italian ...

After a breathing crisis on Feb. 28 that involved Francis nearly choking on his vomit, "there was a real risk he might not make it," said Sergio Alfieri, a physician at Rome's Gemelli hospital. "We ...

Pope Francis has appeared at his window of the Gemelli hospital in Rome and offered a blessing for the first time since being admitted on 14 February. The 88-year-old pontiff was discharged ...

Paul Wertico Trio - "Letter from Rome" (AlfaMusic) When there is Paul Wertico in a combo you are almost certain that it is excellent music. And this time too the situation is exactly this: at the head ...