Pope Francis launches jubilee, bringing pilgrims and grumbling to Rome
Opening the Holy Doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve, Pope Francis inaugurates a jubilee year expected to draw 32 million visitors to Rome.
Pope Francis kicks off a yearlong Jubilee that will test his stamina and Rome’s patience
Pope Francis has opened the great Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. The ceremony kicks off the 2025 Holy Year.
A Holy Year is about to start in Rome. Here’s what that means
Pope Francis is formally inaugurating the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to ...
The long entangled history of Christianity and politics
The First Five Hundred Years,” Paula Fredriksen explores how a localized sect became a universal Roman church.
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Two decades of recipes in ‘The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book’
Twenty years of contest-winning cookie recipes have been gathered into one cookbook, “The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book.” Lee Svitak Dean and Rick Nelson were involved with the Star Tribune ...
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Ancient statue discovered at Egyptian temple may be rare Roman bust of Cleopatra
Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and ... It is not Cleopatra at all. It is Roman,” former Egyptian minister ...
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Archaeology breakthrough as huge Roman sewer big enough to walk in found in ancient city
Expert archaeologists discovered the sewage system in the historic city of Stratonikeia in Mugla, and have reportedly estimated that it is around 2,250 years old - dating back to ancient Roman ...
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Ranieri returns to Rome and Roma players show support for Bove on emotional night
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Atalanta’s Nicolo Zaniolo, right, celebrates after scoring the second goal against Roma during the Italian ...
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In a watery Golan cave, Herod’s great-grandson entertained in the Roman imperial style
as an ancient event hall in the Roman style. After the Jewish Revolt against Roman rule (66–73 CE), Agrippa II, who had been raised in Rome and supported the Romans in the revolt, converted the ...
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Family of British man found at bottom of lift shaft in Turkey fear his death is 'not accidental' after new details emerge
The family of a man who was found dead in a lift shaft in Turkey have argued that his death was not accidental and want there to be a murder investigation. Alex Price, uncle of the 20-year-old ...
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Why you should avoid Rome in 2025 (and where to go instead)
In 2025 Rome is hosting the Jubilee of Hope ... university testify to the wealth and splendour dating back to ancient times. Naples is one of the most passionate, authentic and likeable of ...
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'Large Head People': Mysterious New Form of Ancient Human Emerges
A "provocative" new piece in Nature has proposed a whole new group of ancient humans – cousins of the Denisovans and Neanderthals – that once lived alongside Homo sapiens in eastern Asia more than 100 ...