The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his "humble, simple and essential" life.

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...

Pope Francis will be buried at Santa Maria Maggiore, a basilica full of light, history, and deep personal meaning ...

Planning a trip to Rome is all about preparation. The Eternal City is full of history, architecture, and culture. It’s more ...

Francis has broken with recent papal tradition by choosing to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore instead of St ...

In this three-hour Ancient Rome tour, we will look closely at this period and how ... the story of the Caesars and their political adventures at the turn of the millennium, the intersection of art and ...

Most famous as the hometown of Shakespeare’s tragic couple Romeo and Juliet, Verona isn’t typically one of the first cities ...

With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands ... Which is why the recent ...

Surprisingly, "we don't know enough about just who made these marbles," though it's suspected that many artists in ancient ...

When digging through the rubble of an ancient church foundation, archaeologists found something unexpected. As crews in Rome ...

The head, possibly depicting Jupiter, Apollo, Serapis, or a philosopher, was found reused in the Basilica of Santo Stefano.