The Centro Storico is the absolute best place to stay if it’s your first visit to Rome. Here, you’ll be right in the thick of ...

The Spirit of the Sands Marching Band will join a select group of performers for Rome's flagship New Year's Day parade on Jan. 1, 2026. Students will also get to tour well-known sites.

However, it was the Romans who fully embraced and refined the arch, turning it into a fundamental element of their engineering: by improving materials — especially through the development of concrete ...

Environmentalists and residents of Old Goa joined the protest at the popular pilgrimage site on March 23 to oppose the ...

Here’s a look at the Vatican, also known as the Holy See, the spiritual and governing center of the Roman Catholic Church. Facts The full name of the country is State of Vatican City. It stands on ...

Pope Francis made his first public appearance in five weeks, coming to the balcony of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital to wave and ...

If you visit Rome in May you can expect fewer crowds and lower hotel prices than peak summer months, as well as near perfect weather. Sounds pretty good, right? Well, we’ve been to Rome in July and ...

ROME (CNS) -- Imagine being able to explore all of St. Peter’s Basilica, its artistic masterpieces and the saint’s underground tomb as well as interact with its caretakers and archeologists to ...

Cecilie Brøns, who authored the study and works as an archaeologist and curator at the Glyptotek art museum in Copenhagen, finds that Greco-Roman statues were often perfumed with enticing scents ...

Minecraft, the popular video game known for its blocky, pixelated graphics, has launched a new educational edition that challenges students to explore and restore St. Peter’s Basilica.

Minecraft, the popular video game known for its blocky, pixelated graphics, has launched a new educational edition that challenges students to explore and restore St. Peter’s Basilica.