As we move from the preparation of the altar and the presentation of the gifts to the Eucharistic Prayers, some reminders are ...

On the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children, the bishops suggest the faithful observe the day by ...

The second principal part of the Sunday Mass is the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Some readers may recall that this was once ...

In the Christmas Eve Mass, celebrated on the night of December 24 in St. Peter’s Basilica, the Pope used the Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I), the historic eucharistic prayer of the Latin rite. It ...

Archaeologists excavating the ancient Roman city of Gabii have uncovered a massive stone-lined basin that may represent one of Rome’s earliest monumental civic structures. Its central placement hints ...

A newly created high-resolution map of the roads that threaded across the Roman Empire charts the ancient network from Great Britain to North Africa and has added more than 60,000 miles of roads that ...

A breviary, or the liturgical book containing the Liturgy of the Hours, is seen in this illustration photo. Ascension and Word on Fire Publishing announced Oct. 7, 2025, they were each selected by the ...

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Being a Roman emperor was a risky job. It wasn't unusual for emperors to be killed by usurpers wanting to remove them from power. They also faced many health challenges, such as death from epidemics ...

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is set to embark on a deep-sky survey that could capture nearly 100,000 cosmic explosions, shedding light on everything from dark energy to black hole physics. Its ...