Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the towering soldiers who defended the empire.

Rocks on Iceland beaches confirm the Late Antique Little Ice Age, caused by volcanic eruptions, precipitated the fall of the Roman Empire.

The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, representing over 500 Roman Catholic priests and deacons from the United States, ...

Rome. The Eternal City’s blend of ancient monuments, decadent food and charming neighborhoods recently became easier to reach ...

The city is defined by the dishes that locals argue over, nonnas perfect, and chefs refuse to modernize. The ones that show up in tiny trattorias, spill onto streets from paper wrappers, or arrive at ...

San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas said parishioners who have a "genuine fear" over immigration raids were dispensed from ...

EDUCATION to an ordinary person means no more than the process of passing across and imbibing or learning the practices, ways of life and arts of one’s fore-bearers usually orally or through ...

They died singing hymns and refusing to renounce Christ. The Blessed Martyrs of Orange gave their lives on an 1,800-year-old ...

Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

The underground cemeteries, nearly 2,000 years old, hold some of the earliest evidence of Christian faith, belief in the ...

Occasionally they remember to call him by his new name, Pope Leo XIV, but it’s unfamiliar to their tongue. One of the guests ...

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