The pontiff will stay on the hilltop Vatican property “for a period of rest” from the afternoon of July 6 to the afternoon of ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

The Vatican Museums have unveiled its newly restored Hall of Constantine, one of its Raphael Rooms, including two newly ...

These LEGO IDEAS sets imagine the regal buildings, soaring temples, and busy streets of Rome in plastic bricks.

In 324 AD, at the Battle of Adrianople, Roman Emperor Constantine I defeated his co-emperor Licinius, who fled to Byzantium.

Sarah Bond is a professor of classics at the University of Iowa and the author of Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in ...

A farmer’s unexpected discovery in Slovakia has revealed a stunning 1,000-year-old crown ...

Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the University of Oxford, and the University of Innsbruck have ...

The ancient Egyptian obelisk in Saint Peter’s Square is seen juxtaposed with Saint Peter’s Basilica. (CNS photo/Chris Helgren ...

Using carbonate fragments, researchers from Mainz, Oxford, and Innsbruck have deciphered the complex history of the Arles ...

By Victoria Cardiel After a decade of painstaking restoration, the imposing Hall of Constantine in the Vatican’s Apostolic ...

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