Environmentalists have called on the pope to halt the chopping down of a tree destined for St. Peter’s Square this Christmas, ...

It’s now possible to wander the St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican emptied of tourists and worshippers. This comes courtesy ...

St. John Lateran's facade bears the Latin inscription of "Mother and Head of all the Churches in the City and the World." ...

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The consecration parallels the role of a priest, which is reserved for men in the Catholic Church ... Virgin martyrs in the Roman Canon, such as Agnes, Lucy, and Cecilia, are considered ...

[Photo provided by The Trustees of British Museum] In the royal palaces of Assyrian kings, art served one ultimate ... land of Phoenicia its name — in ancient Greek, the word phoinix could ...

Roman Reigns has shared the footage of him attacking the new Bloodline during the chaotic ending to this week's episode of WWE SmackDown. The OTC is seemingly back on the blue brand full-time to ...

one of the most complete polychrome layouts in Egyptian architecture of Greco-Roman times in general... b) a great number of hitherto unknown inscriptions giving for the first time the ancient ...

ROME, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a richly decorated but uncommonly small house with finely preserved frescoes of mythological scenes ...

Four New York City bars landed in the annual international round-up, World’s 50 Best Bars, including the recently remodeled Double Chicken Please (No.14), Kent Hospitality Group’s Overstory ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. — When Brenda Hannon heard the Roman Catholic diocese here had filed for bankruptcy on Oct. 1, her mind drifted back to St. Joseph’s Orphanage, the nuns, and the peanut butter ...