COMMENTARY: The Council’s Decree ‘Christus Dominus’ is a vivid reminder of the meaning of the bishop’s pastoral role in the ...

The Theodosian Walls protected Constantinople for just over ten centuries until the city fell to the Ottomans in 1453. Yet, the wall survived both the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, with sections of ...

with the same number of days that John Paul II was hospitalized in 1992 for the removal of a benign intestinal tumor in July. The Polish pope’s most famous spell at the sprawling Roman clinic ...

Cardinals in charge of agencies of the Roman Curia and Vatican ... and that the number of electors could not go beyond 120. Pope John Paul II continued this limitation when he revoked "Romano ...

If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away that person's share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. Revelation 22: ...

After the second century, the number of Roman tourists began to decline ... The earliest graffito in them bears a date of the reign of Ptolemy II (r. 282-246 BC) and signs of visitors exist from six ...

Pope Francis has spent 18 full days at Rome’s Gemelli hospital recovering from double pneumonia. It’s by far the longest ...

Researchers found that the group led by Attila the Hun contained a mixture of diverse ancestries, with at least a few related ...

Dead puppies, potential human sacrifices, and a painted dog penis bone—what was going on in Roman-era Britain?

Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...

Researchers think the weapon, which had been deliberately broken and burned, was once part of a funerary ritual for a local warrior ...

Over the past week, local and international media have actively covered reports regarding the Pope’s declining health.