NEW YORK (RNS) — Under the nave of the Basilica of Old St. Patrick's, a tour guide takes the curious through Catholic catacombs only recently opened to the public. NEW YORK (RNS) — Thomas Wilkinson ...

In fact, it is Manhattan’s only Catholic cemetery.Believe it or not, there was an old St. Patrick’s Cathedral before there was a new St. Patrick’s Cathedral and, apparently, the one in New York City’s ...

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 break from ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. — History buffs, paranormal investigators and curious tourists all intersect when it comes to the catacombs quietly existing beneath streets and landmarks. Luckily for New Yorkers, a ...

articipants from the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon celebrate Mass in the Catacombs of Domitilla in Rome Oct. 20. Several dozen synod participants at the Mass signed a pact promising to care for ...

Pope Francis celebrated Mass Saturday for the souls of the dead in Rome's Catacombs of Priscilla, saying the place of a Christian is in the safety of the hands of God, whatever the outside ...

Uncover the history of New York City’s only Catholic Catacombs at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral with Tommy’s New York on the ”Catacombs by Candlelight” tour. For more than 200 years, the ...

On the evening of Nov. 16, 1965, quietly alerted to the event by word-of-mouth, some 40 Roman Catholic bishops made their way to celebrate Mass in an ancient, underground basilica in the Catacombs of ...

The Vatican on Tuesday reopened a restored burial chamber below northern Rome that is home to controversial frescoes that some say depict women priests in the early Christian church. The Catacombs of ...

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Hundreds of delegates took a break from their discussions of synodality to visit the catacombs of St. Sebastian and St. Callistus located on Rome’s ancient Appian Way on Oct. 12. Synod of Synodality ...