Later Rome, fearing that these festivals would lead to civil unrest, attempted to suppress his cult, but it met with very little success. Although the Romans could not curtail the immense popularity ...

Having fought his way into power, Augustus used religion as a tool to protect his position and promote his political agenda. Having gained power by force in a bitterly fought civil war, Augustus was ...

The Roman Catholic diocese of Rome had its first synod in almost 500 years last week, and Pope John XXIII explained the occasion as “a meeting of a bishop with his priests to study the problems of the ...

Centered on a Persian-inspired deity, Mithraism spread widely across the Roman Empire between the first and fourth centuries CE. Most evidence comes from archaeology, including underground temples ...

From far-reaching empires to seminal religious texts and the growth of expansive trade routes, the fifth century ushered in many important events outside of Europe. The fall of Rome may have rocked ...

How did Rome manage to destroy an entire religion? Join us as we explore the history behind the fall of one of the ancient world’s most powerful belief systems. FBI sweeps Nancy Guthrie's home, ...

THOSE who have lived for any length of time in the city of Rome are familiar with that psychological phenomenon which a residence there is almost sure to produce in each receptive and responsive ...

Spuming, plunging, bumping dolphins, the steamship Conte Biancamano rushed across the stormy Mediterranean last week with His Eminence Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes, Archbishop of New York priest of ...