Two matters, both of them of greatest importance, are before us. On the one hand, there is the Reformation, a decisive turning point in church history. What is more, it is not merely an event of past ...

Rome is a splendour of religious riches that attracts over 30 million visitors annually, and 2025 is a particularly significant year for this cradle of Catholicism. The Vatican is celebrating a ...

Rome cardinal closes all churches, then modifies decision News The Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie al Trionfale in Rome, titular church of Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., is seen March 13 ...

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ROME -- Like elsewhere in Europe, museums and art galleries closed in Italy in the spring and again in the fall to contain the spread of covid-19, leaving virtual tours as the best option for art ...

The Church of St. Vitale is the oldest Christian church still standing in the center of Rome and contains the first image of ...

ROME – Less than 24 hours after the Diocese of Rome issued a decree closing all churches to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, officials walked that decision back, saying the about-face came ...

Italian Bishop Antonio Staglianò, president of the Pontifical Academy of Theology and rector of the Basilica of Santa Maria ...

This walk explores the interior of a historic church in Rome, featuring a grand dome, classical frescoes, and detailed stone ...

ROME (AP) — Francis has written to the city's church leaders and religious order priests for any available church properties to be used for the homeless or residents facing possible eviction because ...

The discussion among Protestant churches themselves is a matter wholly different from the discussion between the Protestant churches and Rome. All the Protestant churches trace their origin back to ...

Visitors admire the marble sculptural group “Ecstasy of Saint Teresa” made between 1647 and 1652, by Baroque architect and sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, in the Cornaro Chapel of Rome’s Saint Mary of ...