At one level, it's going to be really helpful because the name he chose, Leo XIV, is important. He has been very clear about ...

Archaeologists recently located a Roman-era tomb outside of Naples, Italy, that likely housed a gladiator. Located near an ancient forum and amphitheater that once hosted Roman gladiators ...

Country music star Darius Rucker teamed up with designer Betsy Berry to reimagine his historic Charleston home.

Catholics around the world have a new pope, and American Catholics have a connection with the pontiff they’ve never had before. Cardinal Robert Prevost has become Pope Leo XIV: the first pope to ever ...

The 69-year-old wore the traditional red cape — which Francis had eschewed ... “He is continuing a lot of Francis’ ministry,’’ said Natalia Imperatori-Lee, the chair of religious studies at Manhattan ...

When a pope dies, the umbraculum on the seal of the Holy See calls to mind the office of the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church ... in two ways. The ancient chair, made of oak, and traditionally held ...

Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient Roman tombs during the excavation of a necropolis – including one bearing the epitaph of a gladiator. The discovery was announced by the ...

Not far from here is the magnificent St. Pierre Cathedral, which stands sentry over the Old Town; this was built on the site of a Roman Temple from the 4th century ... you could ride horseback or by ...

Every year on Feb. 22, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Chair of St ... celebrations at the old St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome in 450 and 467. The word “cathedra” refers ...

It's like discovering the speaker’s chair and chamber ... stand on the stage of early Roman London. The new plans are expected to be submitted by this spring. In ancient Rome, a basilica was ...

A part of the structure of the Roman basilica. Image credits: MOLA. When archaeologists were called to 85 Gracechurch Street, a commercial building in central London, they suspected an ancient ...

Archaeologists excavating the site of a planned 32-story skyscraper in London uncovered the ruins of a nearly 2,000-year-old Roman basilica. The ancient basilica, constructed between 78 and 84 A.D ...