You don't have to be one of those people who can't go a single day without thinking about the Roman Empire to know about the ...

Leaders and prominent figures from across the world will be in attendance when Pope Francis is buried in a service on April ...

In his final will, Francis said he wanted to be buried at St. Mary Major Basilica, which is home to the Salus Populi Romani ...

On this episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross Douthat is joined by the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest and the editor of ...

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis had once vowed to eradicate the “evil” of sexual abuse from the Roman Catholic Church. He called bishops to Rome for listening sessions. He drew up new guidelines for ...

T he mood when Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, met Donald Trump on April 17th could not have been sweeter. Mr Trump’s ...

The Punic people had almost no genetic ties to Phoenicians, even though the latter founded the great city of Carthage.

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...

Rome will be the backdrop for a prestigious statewide leadership program bringing dozens of participants to town to ...

A skeleton recovered from an intriguing Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between ...