Rome is eternal, but most visitors rush through it as if it were temporary, a checklist of landmarks to conquer rather than a ...

While most people associate St. Catherine with the Italian hill town of Siena, the Dominican doctor of Church is one of the patron saints of Rome and spent her last years in the Eternal City, where ...

Explore Rome's Trevi Fountain (1762), a sculpted landmark fed by ancient aqueducts. Visit the nearby Baroque Church of Saint ...

Rome hides layers of its ancient past in plain sight, where fragments of temples, baths, and theaters appear unexpectedly among modern streets and buildings. From the church of San Bernardo, once part ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a hidden ancient palace under Rome that was likely home to the Popes between the ninth and thirteenth centuries AD before the Vatican seat was established. In preparation ...

ROME — The faithful lowered their heads in prayer as the priest celebrated Mass. The only peculiarity about the act of worship was its setting: a garagelike space inside an apartment building, with an ...

Tourists can now walk in the footsteps of emperors. This month, a secret passage within Rome's Colosseum, reserved for royalty in ancient times, opened to tourists.

ROME — The adorned altars of repose exposed throughout the Eternal City call the faithful to enter into the dark night of the Mount of Olives with Christ and to keep watch with him in prayer. The ...