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 ...

The silver coins were minted over a period of more than 200 years, suggesting that Roman currency at this time was relatively ...

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

The Vatican said ailing Pope Francis had a peaceful night in the hospital and was up and sitting in an armchair on Wednesday ...

The U.S. has been producing $2 bills for as long as it has printed paper money, dating back to 1862. There was, however, a stretch of time from 1966 to 1976 when the Federal Reserve stopped printing ...

The IM-2 mission lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:16 p.m. ET, February 26, ...

Guest: Elie Mystal is The Nation’s justice correspondent and the host of its legal podcast, Contempt of Court. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller book Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s ...