Pope Francis attended the episcopal ordination of Rome’s new auxiliary bishop and vicegerent at the Basilica of St. John Lateran Saturday afternoon. Monsignor Renato Tarantelli Baccari ...

From the Colosseum to the Pantheon to the more than 1000 churches, Rome’s antiquity has attracted visitors for centuries. But Italy’s capital is so much more than its awe-inspiring Renaissance ...

By David Laskin It’s a common complaint that Rome’s churches are overwhelming: There are too many, they look too much alike, their gilt and marble often speak more to the eye than the soul.

Officials are proud of the city’s accompanying makeover, but residents lament soaring housing costs and changes in Rome’s character. By Elisabetta Povoledo and Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome ...

(Alessandro Penso for The Washington Post) Opening the Holy Doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve, Pope Francis inaugurates a jubilee year expected to draw 32 million visitors to Rome.

The traces of the Romans, and especially their road network, are everywhere, as Catherine Fletcher reminds us in “The Roads to Rome.” Ms. Fletcher, a historian at Manchester Metropolitan ...

A historic building in downtown Frederick, Maryland, which served as a Catholic girls school and a convent, reopens this week as Frederick’s first new hotel in more than 50 years. Celebrity chef ...

His path took him through Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia, which had been unsettled ever since Henry's father, the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, had deprived the recalcitrant but powerful ...

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He was wheeled across the threshold as bells tolled across Rome and the choir inside the basilica began Christmas Eve Mass. In his homily, Francis said the Holy Year is an opportunity to relieve ...

Pope Francis is bringing his Holy Year to Rome’s main prison ROME -- Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and ...