On the feast day of the "apostle to the apostles," St. Mary of Magdala, I want to reflect on something I suspect this first witness to the Resurrection and foremost leader in the early Jesus movement ...
Modern Rome is famous for grand monuments like the Colosseum and the Roman Forum, yet many of the city’s most fascinating ancient remains lie hidden in plain sight among ordinary streets, churches, ...
Is this the real reason the Roman Empire collapsed? Throughout antiquity, kingdoms and nations rose and fell but Rome stood strong—until its steep decline. The fall of this ancient superpower is so ...