The Swiss flag is a big plus” goes the old joke. It also has several strengths – and quirks – that go far beyond that of ...

Inscriptions on the walls of the Cenacle in Jerusalem are shedding new light on pilgrims' journeys and beliefs.

The misuse of ecclesial vestments, especially those held sacred by the Roman Catholic Church ... this is about what is holy. We must not allow our symbols, our vestments, our sacred spaces ...

Pope Paul VI was the last to use this privilege in the pontificate inauguration ceremony in 1963. Dozens of leaders from ...

Historian Faith Tibble examines the origin of one of the most famous images in the Christian world and how it changed over ...

The Holy Roman Empire was one of the most complex and enduring political entities in European history. Stretching over central Europe, it lasted for more than a millennium, from 800 AD, when ...

When the How Often Do You Think About the Roman Empire? meme went viral in 2023, it may have felt like a passing joke — until it became clear that people really do think about it all the time.

Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome ...

The roads built by the Romans in Britain continued to be used for both travel and trade in the Middle Ages for more than a thousand years after the fall of the Roman Empire, according to a recent ...

Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome ...

The upcoming PC game puts players in the role of a new Roman governor during a relatively peaceful 200-year span. Players start out with a single settlement, but they’ll have to expand and build ...