A view of the Saints Nereo and Achille Basilica, part of the Santa Domitilla catacombs, in Rome, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Media representatives have been invited to see ongoing restoration works for the ...

ROME (RNS) Ancient frescoes have been rediscovered inside the 1,600-year-old Domitilla catacombs after Italian art experts used laser technology to remove centuries of grit and grime. The catacombs, ...

A half-century ago, 40 bishops from around the world gathered in an ancient Roman church and signed a pledge to forsake worldly goods and live like the neediest among their flock. They were in Rome ...

articipants from the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon celebrate Mass in the Catacombs of Domitilla in Rome Oct. 20. Several dozen synod participants at the Mass signed a pact promising to care for ...

Synod on Synodality delegates made a pilgrimage to Rome’s catacombs Thursday where they literally “walked together” to the tombs of early Christian martyrs. Hundreds of delegates took a break from ...

ROME – When most people think of Rome they picture the majestic Colosseum or the countless churches and basilicas sprawled across the city, but deep underground there is another Eternal City that ...

Under a mown hayfield, whose dried-out stalks crunch underfoot, lies the four-level labyrinth of the early Christian Catacombs of St. Domitilla. Ten miles of tunnels, carved out of soft volcanic tuff ...

Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome, Italy(Courtesy Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology) Deep in the heart of Rome’s largest catacombs, laser beams have unveiled stunning 1,600-year-old early ...

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Hundreds of delegates took a break from their discussions of synodality to visit the catacombs of St. Sebastian and St. Callistus located on Rome’s ancient Appian Way on Oct. 12. Synod of Synodality ...