Grill over the hole where prisoners where thrown down into the lower level of Mamertine Prison(Photo: EWTN News) According to tradition, the Mamertine is also the place where the apostles Peter ...

PHILLIPS: Peter the Apostle was crucified on Vatican Hill ... Could you tell me about that church there which has a prison? BRIèRE: Yes... PHILLIPS: So that's the practice of the time.

About a decade ago, when my family was on vacation in Rome, Italy, we visited the Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli (“Saint Peter ... prison chains that tradition claims belonged to the apostle ...

The film portrays Saint Peter reflecting on his time with Jesus and his fellow Apostles during his final imprisonment in Rome. In particular, Peter attempts to convert one of his jailers ...

Find today’s readings here. Unlikely things can happen in a prison. Most movies and TV shows would have you believe that the guards and the prisoners, enclosed in the same space, are sworn ...

A. The Holy Ghost appeared at times under the form of a dove, and again under the form of tongues of fire; for, being a pure spirit without a body, He can take any form. Q. 422. Is the Holy Ghost ...

According to church history, the apostles Peter and Paul arrived in Rome at the time of Nero (r. A.D. 54–68). There they found a small but committed group of Christians established among the ...