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

There have been twelve Greek Popes in the history of the papacy, with Saint Peter considered to be the first Catholic leader.

You Orta see Italy- it’s a big year for the land of romance, so Sarah Marshall picks her Italian highlights and urges travellers to step away from the busy streets of Rome to find peace somewhere a li ...

At All Saints Shrine, there are first-class relics of Teresa of ávila, Thomas More, John Fisher, Padre Pio and Pope Pius X, ...

Vatican City THOUSANDS GATHERED AT THE PIAZZA SAN PIETRO Monday evening to pray the rosary and honor the life of Pope Francis ...

Francis never changed church doctrine on homosexuality or budged on the question of marriage. But he offered a revolutionary ...

The funeral Mass will likely be celebrated inside St Peter’s, because of the late winter weather, and there is also the ...

Another option for the afternoon or evening, especially if you have teens, would be to visit the crypts and catacombs on an ...

That more nuanced cleric revealed himself aboard a papal flight from Rio de Janeiro to Rome in July 2013 ... “He brought us out of the catacombs and into the light,” said Innocenzo Pontillo ...

Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome ...

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JEWISH CATACOMBS IN ROME One of our best sources of information ... it spreads in Greece and Italy. These are precisely areas where we know there were Jewish communities, there were Jewish ...