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

CHRISTIAN CATACOMBS IN ROME. About the same time as the persecution of Decius, middle of the third century, is also when we begin to get the Roman catacombs developing.

In the service of the Roman Church used at the removal of the bodies of the holy martyrs from their graves in the catacombs is a prayer in which are the words,—“ Thou hast set the bodies of ...

Hundreds of delegates took a break from their discussions of synodality to visit the catacombs of St. Sebastian and St. Callistus located on Rome’s ancient Appian Way on Oct. 12.

ROME (RNS) The catacombs are included in 20 cultural itineraries unveiled by Italy’s cultural minister to mark the pope's Jubilee Year of Mercy.

While visiting the catacombs, Pope Francis inexplicably promoted a long discredited tale about the early Christians. ... Some of our earliest Christian art is found in the Roman catacombs.

A view of the ancient ruins along the Appian Way, outside Rome, Italy. Police discovered an illegal trash dump in the site's catacombs. Shutterstock ...

Deep below the streets of Rome lie the ancient catacombs where early Christians buried their dead and sustained hope for eternal life. About the same time as the persecution of Decius, middle of ...

The Roman catacombs consist for the most part of a subterranean labyrinth of passages, cut through the soft volcanic rock of the Campagna, ...