Planning a trip to Rome is all about preparation. The Eternal City is full of history, architecture, and culture. It’s more ...

The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his “humble, simple and essential" life.

In Rome, most aristocratic men were also senators and usually held that position for life. In the later republic ... The Framers of our Constitution drew on ancient Greek and Roman history ...

In life, Pope Francis strayed from the more conservative ... a nine-day period of mourning that dates back to ancient Rome. The funeral Mass must take place four to six days after the pope ...

Against the ancient backdrop of Rome’s Colosseum, thousands gathered Friday evening for the solemn Via Crucis procession, ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said on Monday, ending an often turbulent reign marked by division and tension as ...

“The letters are tiny and densely packed, and the Greek is highly rhetorical and full ... the Roman world, what would you have to do, and what would have made the effort profitable? The ancient ...

VATICAN CITY — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio ... July 8, 2013: Makes first trip outside Rome to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa to meet with newly arrived migrants and ...