In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

To commit tax fraud with the slave trade in the most remote corner of the Roman world, what would you have to do, and what would have made the effort profitable? The ancient scheme has resonated ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump are escalating concerns of job losses at the nation's ports. The ...

The seven Roman churches in the pilgrimage include the four papal basilicas: St. Peter’s Basilica, the Basilica of St. John ...

“I wish my last earthly journey to end at this very ancient Marian shrine ... nytimes.com.Learn more Elisabetta Povoledo is a Times reporter based in Rome, covering Italy, the Vatican ...

(photo: Courtesy photo / Jacob Derry) Kristina Millare/CNA World April ... in Jerusalem and Rome began this practice as a way of bolstering fortitude and faith in times of great persecutions.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, still recovering from double pneumonia, did not attend an annual procession on April 18 at Rome's Colosseum ... walk in and around the ancient Roman arena, stopping ...

Follow live coverage here But in accordance with his wishes, Francis is expected to be buried at the ancient ... world,” Collins said. Church bells toll in St. Peter’s Square and across Rome ...