Monday 20 May |

Saint of the Day: Mary, Mother of the Church

Rome

FISH,ANCHOR,SYMBOL

Maria Paola Daud

The 12 most important symbols found in the Christian catacombs

ROME, TOUR BUS

Zelda Caldwell

Rome bans tourist buses from the city center

CATACOMBS

Stephen Beale

Rome’s Catacombs witness to the Catholic faith of the early Church

ST. JOHN LATERAN,INTERIOR

J-P Mauro

Ancient Roman history revealed beneath St. John Lateran

MUSEO DELLE ANIME DEL PURGATORIO

Zelda Caldwell

Eerie messages from the dead at the Museum of the Souls of Purgatory

SKULLS,CAPUCHIN,RELICS

V. M. Traverso

This chapel in Rome is decorated with the bones of 4,000 Capuchin friars

TRAVEL

Maria Paola Daud

20 Totally free places to visit in Rome

ANCIENT ROME

J-P Mauro

Explore this interactive map of Ancient Rome

SCALA SANCTA

Zelda Caldwell

The Holy Stairs that Jesus climbed to reopen in a year

BAZYLIKA ŚWIĘTEGO PIOTRA

Daniel Esparza

Ever heard of Saint Peter’s “Old Basilica”?

Roman dig site

J-P Mauro

Roman electrical crew stumbles upon ruins of ancient church

La Locanda dei Girasoli

Sophia Swinford

Visit the restaurant staffed entirely by people with disabilities

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Jesús Colina

Are these the true faces of Saint Peter and Saint Paul?

Bassania

J-P Mauro

Polish archaeologists locate a 2,000-year-old city lost to the annals of history

PILGRIMAGE,ROME

Aleteia Image Department

The Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage in Rome

NUN,PRAYING,CHURCH

J-P Mauro

These nuns call consumerism the cause of human trafficking

ROME MODEL

John Burger

This fascinating model of Rome “wasn’t built in a day”

TREVI FOUNTAIN

J-P Mauro

Trevi Fountain “wishing coins” answer prayers of the homeless

RAINBOW,VIRGIN MARY

Aleteia Image Department

Our Lady and the rainbow

ROME ON FIRE

J-P Mauro

Did the Romans really throw all Christians to the Lions?

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