Unable to attend the Good Friday ceremony in person for the third consecutive year, the pope offered deep meditations for the ...

The recently restored Ponte Sant'Angelo in Rome features ten angels holding symbols of Christ's Passion, creating a profound ...

From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about ...

The number represents the seven final places Jesus visited from His arrest to His crucifixion, allowing the faithful to ...

Pope Francis has visited Rome’s main prison and kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least ...

The Grotto of Diana at the Villa D'Este outside of Rome will open to visitors in May after being closed for 40 years.

Francis delegated to two cardinals his role in presiding over this weekend's Easter masses, The Vatican Press Office said on ...

In the Middle Ages, the Roman Church replaced this idea of debt cancellation with the concept of plenary indulgence—an ...

The capital city of Italy is Rome, a city that somehow comes together by way of the natural conjunction of history, culture, ...

A 4 c. BC Greek fresco bearing striking similarities to the traditional portrayals of the Virgin Mary has been discovered in ...