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Places in Rome

The section on this website, Places in Rome, aims to reveal the main traces of the history of the Catholic Church that are to be found in Rome, the Eternal City.

The description will follow in St Josemaría’s footsteps, referring to the things that he said and wrote about Rome, so that his teachings can help draw the maximum fruit from this tour.

For Catholics, Rome is not just a city of great artistic and historical significance, but something much more: it is home, a return to their roots, the setting of the marvelous story of the infinite Love of God, who wants to reach all mankind.

The history of Rome will always be a present, living thing, and at the beginning of the third millennium it takes on particular relevance, as the children of the Church face up to the challenge of a new evangelization.

St Peter’s Basilica (PDF / 2.4MB)
The Catacombs of St Callixtus (PDF / 676KB)
The Holy Cross in Jerusalem (PDF / 1.1MB)
The Roman Forum (PDF / 1.2MB)
The Colosseum (PDF / 680KB)
The Via Appia (PDF / 865KB)
The memory of St Paul (PDF / 1.5MB)
Little shrines to Our Lady (PDF / 807KB)
St John Lateran (PDF / 1.1MB)