It seems unusual that our church liturgical calendar schedules two major celebrations on days that are back-to-back. But that is precisely the situation with the solemnity of All Saints, a liturgical ...

Halloween comes every year with treats, spookiness and costumes. But why do we celebrate it on Oct. 31? And what does Samhain ...

Growing up in Ireland, I learned that Halloween had its origins in Oíche Shamhna, or Samhain, a festival in which the walls ...

In Rome, the sweet life unfolds between antiquity, art, and modernity. Whether it’s the delicious Italian cuisine, the ...

A walk through historic streets of central Rome, passing Piazza Navona and ending near the Pantheon. Concerns raised over ...

Morimasa Hibino, 69, was believed to be resting on the parapet next to the 2,000-year-old landmark when police believe he ...

Our last leg of the trip took us to the village of Atrani on the Amalfi Coast. We spent ample time in Atrani and Amalfi since ...

Morimasa Hibino, a 69-year-old from Japan, died after falling from the Pantheon in Rome and into a ditch on Friday, Oct. 24, ...

A Japanese tourist died after falling off a perimeter wall surrounding the ancient Pantheon in central Rome late Friday night ...

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The liturgies are being celebrated over the next month at a time when Pope Leo XIV is weighing up whether to continue ...