Deep below the streets of Rome lie the ancient catacombs where early Christians buried their dead and sustained hope for eternal life. About the same time as the persecution of Decius, middle of ...

The catacombs of Rome are Paleochristian burial sites scattered around the city that were dug underground during the height of the Christian persecution.

Rome’s catacombs will be open to the public for free guided tours and moments of prayer and reflection on Saturday, March 2.

From frescoes depicting Jonas and the whale to a reconstruction of a papal crypt within the Roman catacombs and some of the earliest Christian writings, early Christian Rome holds a bounty of ...

The underground cemeteries, nearly 2,000 years old, hold some of the earliest evidence of Christian faith, belief in the ...

All Christian catacombs in Rome are property of the Catholic Church, and no one is allowed to explore them without special permission from the Vatican. "It's not so easy to get the permission.

Catacombs refer to underground cemeteries often built below European cities to house the bodies of the deceased. Bodies of Christians were exhumed from the catacombs of Rome, or underground ...

Since "walking together" is an essential characteristic of synodality, synod organizers made it literal with a pilgrimage to some of Rome's earliest Christian catacombs.

In addition to the roadway, visitors can ruined Roman monuments, two major Christian catacombs, and a church marking the spot where Peter had a vision of Jesus.