Pope Leo XIV is heading to the papal summer residence for a six-week vacation. He's giving the hilltop town of Castel ...

It’s not coincidental that today’s optional memorial follows the Solemnity of Peter and Paul. Sts. Peter and Paul stand at ...

"Let us bring the peace of the risen Lord to our world, with the freedom born of the knowledge that we have been loved, ...

Jonathan Roumie, the actor who plays Jesus in the series “The Chosen,” greeted Pope Leo XIV at the end of Wednesday’s general ...

Learn about Emperor Maurice’s missed opportunity to prevent Phocas’ rise and how that moment could have altered the history ...

The Arch of Titus was built in 82 AD as a boastful tribute to the conquests of the Roman Emperor Titus. Nearly two thousand years later it remains as an archeological testament to a very strange ...

As Hadrian roamed the lengths of the Roman Empire, Antinous remained at his side. They traveled in Italy and Greece, journeyed throughout Asia Minor, visited Judaea and Syria, and made their way to ...

When Constantine's representatives arrived in Jerusalem around A.D. 325 to locate the tomb, they were allegedly pointed to a temple built by the Roman emperor Hadrian some 200 years earlier.

One of the mosaics, visualising peacocks, originated from Roman emperor Hadrian’s villa built around 120 AD, says Anastasio. The piece showcasing the fishermen is special for two reasons, he says.

Pilate ruled as the Roman governor of Judea from 26 AD to 36 AD under Emperor Tiberius. Pilate probably earned the role through connections with the Roman knight Sejanus, who had great influence in ...

But as a New Testament scholar, I find them unsettling. They remind me of the golden ages heralded by the Roman emperors Augustus and Nero and their supporters. Much like the golden age offered to the ...

Pope Miltiades is believed to have been born in Africa. During his reign, Christianity gained increasing acceptance from successive Roman emperors, eventually becoming the Empire's official religion.