Known as the "Catacomb Saints," the remains of would-be martyrs were entombed below Rome. Photos of them have been shared across social media platforms, including Reddit, Instagram and ...

Pilgrims coming to Rome will have the opportunity to see the newly restored tomb of one of the first Catholic popes.

To find catacombs, go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and longest burial underground tunnels in the world. "Hundreds of kilometers of catacombs run underneath the town and its outskirts," says ...

ROME - The earliest known icons of Apostles Peter and Paul have been discovered in a catacomb under an eight-story office building in a working-class neighborhood of Rome, Vatican officials said ...

Other pictures seem to be scenes from contemporary Roman life, such as a teacher apparently lecturing about anatomy. Digger Ferrua believes that the catacomb, to judge from its artistic style ...

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 ...

Rome's catacombs will open to the public for free guided tours and moments of prayer and reflection on Saturday, March 2, as part of the 7th edition of Day of the Catacombs. A press release ...

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 ...