The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

The Catholic Church is almost 2,000 years old, and over the centuries, the protocol for papal funerals has been codified and ...

Cardinals, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), are bishops and Vatican officials from all ...

Museum of London Archaeology researchers recently discovered remains of London's first Roman basilica near the city's ...

Credit: MOLA/Cover Images The remains of London’s first Roman Basilica have been uncovered in the middle of the City of London. The ruins were found beneath 85 Gracechurch Street, near Leadenhall ...

The remains of London's first Roman Basilica have been uncovered in the middle of the City of London. The ruins were found beneath 85 Gracechurch Street, near Leadenhall Market. The discovery, made by ...

Archaeologists from the Museum of London have discovered a well-preserved part of the ancient city of London’s first Roman ...

The first Roman basilica found in London will soon be incorporated into modern architecture—blending ‘then’ and ‘now’ into ...

The feast of the Chair has ancient origins. Some of the earliest complete Christian calendars date to the sixth century, and ...

The basilica, dating back some 1,900 years, was found during excavations that took place as part of the demolition of a ...

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2017 MOSUL, Iraq ...

Burnt to a crisp by lava from Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, the reams of rolled-up papyrus were discovered in a mansion in Herculaneum — an ancient Roman town near Pompeii — in the mid-18th century.