Atia of the Julii: Pompeian scum at our very door! It's intolerable! If Timon and his men weren't here they'd be burning down the house! Marcus Junius Brutus: Oh they're not *that* energetic. Octavia ...

Tourism is surging in many places around the world—swarmed national parks, throngs of visitors amassing in churches and ...

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful. Pope Leo XIV closed the first ...

Pope Leo XIV has met with members of his Augustinian religious order during a visit to the congregation’s headquarters ...

While it is far too early to say how he will use his platform to address such issues, his focus shows he is a church leader ...

Pope Leo XIV is the first member of the Augustinian order to be elected pope. How the Augustinian influence shapes his ...

Presiding over a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Leo was inaugurated as the first American pope, in a ceremony filled ...

Roman society was, in many ways, surprisingly sophisticated. It built remarkable things like aqueducts that snaked over long ...

The 2025-26 recipients of the highly prestigious Rome Prize were announced Wednesday by the American Academy in Rome. The Rome Prize is awarded annually to American artists and scholars for ...

In the quarterfinals of the 2025 Rome WTA 1000, Russia’s Diana Shnaider appeared to be cruising to victory after edging out Italy’s Jasmine Paolini in a tight first-set tiebreak and racing to ...

The University of Dallas has a campus in Rome. There, students and staff await word that a new pope has been selected. Dr. Ron Rombs said there is a prayerful excitement in the city, with ...