Despite its growing popularity, Christianity was sometimes misunderstood and membership could bring enormous risks. Widely criticized after the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD, the Emperor Nero tried ...

Rome Odunze, born June 3, 2002, in Orem, Utah, is an American professional football wide receiver for the Chicago Bears in ...

A silver amulet found in a 1,800-year-old grave in Germany speaks to the importance — and the risk — of being Christian in ...

On the summit of the Aventine Hill, one of the most picturesque areas of Rome, stands the Basilica of Santa Sabina, one of ...

LGBT+ individuals and their families are invited to participate in a pilgrimage to Rome, organized by an Italian association, as part of the Holy Year. This marks the first such pilgrimage dedicated ...

This book offers a radical new survey of more than a thousand years of religious life in Rome, from the foundation of the city to its rise to world empire and its conversion to Christianity. It sets ...

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 ...

An "Imperial cult" worshiping pagan gods continued to thrive under Rome's first Christian ruler, suggests a new study. American researchers have made the "incredible" discovery of an ancient ...

The oldest tunnels date back to the first century. "The Jewish community in Rome built them as cemeteries. Christian catacombs came a century later. They were not secret meeting places to survive ...