With the release of Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II,” audiences will be plunged back into the cinematic excitement of the Roman amphitheater so vividly captured in its predecessor, “Gladiator.” Scott’s ...

May 13—ROME, Italy — Christians have been persecuted throughout history and are still getting kicked around in some parts of the world, but their worst tribulations were under the Roman emperors who ...

The net effect of this is that a new cult of the martyrs appears in Christianity, which strengthens the the church, which feeds on anti-government sentiment in many segments of the empire, - those ...

Rethinking persecution and martyrdom in the early church. Instead of focusing on what makes a martyr, Moss asks in ACM how martyrs are created, drawing attention to the symbiotic connection between ...

Pope Francis and Synod on Synodality participants, including non-Catholic delegates, prayed together Friday evening at the site of the first Christian martyrdoms in Rome. The ecumenical prayer vigil ...

A Roman slave girl in ancient Gaul, Blandine endured torture, lions and scorn to bear witness to Christ — and became a pillar of Christian courage. St. Blandine and Companions are observed as an ...

Christian archaeology seeks to see, hear and touch the Word made flesh, Pope Leo XIV said, inviting the world's bishops and ...

ROME – For those with ears to hear, every so often it’s actually possible to detect the sound of history’s tectonic plates as they shift. Such was the case Thursday, with a remarkable gesture by Pope ...

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is one of the world’s worst persecutors of Christians, Bishop Michael Sis reports. Ortega is a communist who has been stealing churches and putting priests in prison ...