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A view of the frescoed vaults of the cloister of the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

A hidden cloister in the center of Rome has a turbulent past etched on its walls

Mar 20
Trisha Thomas

People walk in the new outdoor space created with travertine marble around the Colosseum during it’s inauguration in Rome, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Rome’s Colosseum gets a fresh look that recreates the footprints of long-gone columns

Mar 19
Trisha Thomas

Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, offers a pair of hundred dollar bills to attendees during a keynote address at the Bitcoin Conference, April 7, 2022, in Miami Beach, Fla. (Credit: Rebecca Blackwell/AP.)

Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to the Vatican’s doorstep, and Catholic institutions back away

Mar 13
Nicole Winfield

Restorer Domiziana Marchioro polishes the altar od St. Sebastian inside the Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome, Monday, March 9, 2026. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

EU recovery funds fuel frenzied restorations around Rome, including at famed basilica

Mar 10
Trisha Thomas

This picture, taken on Feb. 17, 2023, and released by her family on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, shows AP Rome longtime correspondent Daniela Petroff, who died at 80 at her home in Rome on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Credit: Debbie Simpson via AP, HO.)

Daniela Petroff, AP’s longtime Vatican reporter, dies at 80

Feb 26
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry, Associated Press

A general view of the Degemar Quarry near Tivoli, Italy, 35 kilometers east of Rome, on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, where 17th-century Baroque architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini selected travertine for the colonnade of St. Peter's Square. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

The travertine quarries that built St. Peter’s Square are carving rock for Mormon temple

Feb 19
Nicole Winfield,
Francesca Primavilla, Associated Press

Tourists pay a fee to access the Trevi Fountain, in Rome, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (Credit: Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP.)

Trevi Fountain fee goes into effect as Rome seeks to manage tourist flow at celebrated water feature

Feb 3
Paolo Santalucia,
Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Father John Wauck blesses the coffin of John L. Allen Jr. on Jan. 26, 2026, in Sant’Eugenio basilica in Rome. (Credit: YouTube.)

Funeral held in Rome for John L. Allen Jr., founding editor-in-chief of Crux

Jan 27
Christopher R. Altieri

A visitor takes a photo of Rome's Trevi Fountain on Dec. 19, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Visiting the Trevi Fountain now will cost more than just a coin toss with a 2-euro tourist fee

Dec 20, 2025
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Ancient Roman finds backing to the 2nd century BC are on display in the 'Colosseo' new subway station, designed as a museum to showcase the archaeological finds uncovered during its construction, in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Rome opens long-awaited Colosseum subway station, with displays of unearthed artifacts

Dec 17, 2025
David Biller,
Associated Press

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