JERUSALEM – Israeli archaeologists earlier this month announced the discovery of the first known Roman-era theater in Jerusalem’s Old City, a unique structure around 1,800 years old that abuts the ...

This is the year of Colosseum chic, what with "Gladiator" reviving Hollywood's long-moribund genre of the toga epic and winning five Oscars, including best picture. What's more, officials in Rome have ...

While excavating the site for a planned ritual bath for Jews in Jerusalem, Israeli archaeologists uncovered a pool belonging to the Roman legion that sacked the city nearly 2,000 years ago. The ...

‘We are going through the most difficult moments in our history,’ Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa said at the May 1 Mass. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa gives the homily at a Mass in which he took ...

An American tourist allegedly went on a bizarre rampage at an Israeli museum, smashing two ancient Roman statues because he claimed they represented “idolatry” that was “contrary to the Torah,” ...

Two monuments bathed in white and blue symbolized triumph over attempts to disperse and humiliate the Jews and even wipe them off the face of the earth. (JTA) — When Rome lit up a landmark this week ...

Archeologists discovered the largest collection of Roman-period coins from the Bar-Kokhba revolt during excavations in a cave in the Judean Hills north of Jerusalem. The cache of 120 gold, silver and ...

Perhaps because the large, white outdoor papal throne was already in place for Saturday night’s ecumenical prayer vigil on Sept. 30, just ahead of the opening of the Synod on Synodality, or because as ...