The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church asked Pope Francis to scrap plans to have a Ukrainian ... the pope's Way of the Cross service at Rome's Colosseum April 15. Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk ...

when the Church lost its sovereign temporal authority over the city of Rome. Pope John XXIII presided over the Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum once in 1959. But it was not until 1964 with ...

A plan by the Colosseum and Airbnb to give a select few ... which is traditionally celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church every 25 years, would only make things worse. “There should have ...

Here are some articles to help you plan out your trip: With its complex network of vaults and arches forming a massive oval ...

The Colosseum and Airbnb will team up to stage ... including a revamp of the site’s permanent collection. However, the plans quickly drew a wave of derision. “We cannot turn one of the most ...

Pope Pius V, who reigned from 1566 to 1572, according to some sources urged pilgrims to gather dirt from the floor of the Colosseum because it was soaked with the blood of early Christian martyrs ...

Whether historically accurate or not, the Colosseum’s association with Christian martyrs helped save it from total destruction. By the 1700s, the Catholic Church declared it a sacred site and ...

A plan by the Colosseum and Airbnb to give a select few ... which is traditionally celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church every 25 years, would only make things worse. “There should have ...