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 ...

The Appian Way — Rome’s gateway to the East — was Europe’s first super highway and the wonder of its day. Built in 312 B.C., it connected Rome with Capua (near Naples), running in a straight line for ...

Everything found in ancient Christian catacombs -- from hand-painted frescoes to ancient graffiti -- speaks of hope, Pope Francis said, encouraging the faithful to visit these underground cemeteries ...

Rome’s catacombs will open to the public for free guided tours and moments of prayer and reflection on Saturday, March 2, as part of the seventh edition of Day of the Catacombs. A press release ...

Hidden under Rome’s streets, ancient aqueducts, quarries, catacombs, and bunkers reveal a layered city still operating below ground.

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, president of the Italian bishops conference, and Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto, Italy, walk through Rome's Catacombs of St. Sebastian as Msgr. Pasquale Iacobone, ...

The Christian Rome underground is a rebuke to the Papal Rome above it ; and, from the worldly pomp, the tedious forms, the trickeries, the mistakes, the false claims and falser assertions, the empty ...

ROME – When most people think of Rome they picture the majestic Colosseum or the countless churches and basilicas sprawled across the city, but deep underground there is another Eternal City that ...

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 ...

A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, ART, AND POLITICS. VOL. I.—MARCH, 1858.—NO. V. -parti elette Di Roma, che son state cimitero Alla milizia che Pietro seguette. PAHADISO, C. ix. “ROMA SOTTERRANEA,”—the ...