Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of ...

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

The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often ...

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

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new study reveals. Researchers argue that Picts, Scotti and Saxons ...

When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite ...

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

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

The seven Roman churches in the pilgrimage include the four papal basilicas: St. Peter’s Basilica, the Basilica of St. John ...

The 2000-year-old Antikythera mechanism may have been a kind of astronomical calculator, but researchers are unsure whether ...

When Giovanni Torlonia and his son Alessandro were building the collection, it was common practice to repair ancient statuary ...

King Charles's recent visit to the Vatican may appear to be simply a symbolic gesture of ecumenical goodwill. But moments ...