Rome has been around for almost three thousand years and yet carries all that weight of history with a dolce vita lightness ...

A row over whether France or Italy owns Rome's iconic Spanish Steps has caused controversy and reopened old wounds between ...

When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.

Crowds gathered on Sept, 17 in the Casentino Valley in Italy for the 800th anniversary celebration of St. Francis of Assisi ...

The Catholic Church has been undergoing a long, slow shift, playing out on the timescale of centuries: a shift to distance ...

With a surname like mine, you get used to misspellings and mispronunciations. “One ‘t’,” we wearily explain to people aware ...

These rents assure upkeep of the five French churches in Rome, including Trinità dei Monti church atop the Spanish Steps. The ...

One of Rome’s most iconic landmarks, the Spanish Steps, has sparked a legal and media controversy between France and Italy ...

From Our Lady of the World’s Fair: Bringing Michelangelo’s Pietà to Queens in 1964, by Ruth D. Nelson, a Three Hills book ...

Italy’s Aeolian Islands offer everything from azure seas and Aperol spritzes to the fire and brimstone of an active volcano.

While Pope Francis was out of town in Asia and Oceania, a mini-tempest erupted in Rome after a French court appeared to ...

In next fall's Vatican Council, men and women who are not Roman Catholics will play two significant parts. About a hundred top Protestants and members of the Orthodox Church will attend ...