All Christian catacombs in Rome are property of the Catholic Church, and no one is allowed to explore them without special permission from the Vatican. "It's not so easy to get the permission.

Rome's underground Christian, Jewish and pagan burial sites, the Catacombs, date back to the 2nd Century AD. There are more than 40 of them stretching over 170km (105 miles). But, until now, they have ...

Rome Newsroom, Feb 19, 2024 / 13:50 pm. Rome’s catacombs will open to the public for free guided tours and moments of prayer and reflection on Saturday, March 2, as part of the seventh edition ...

Vatican City, Oct 13, 2023 / 15:57 pm. Synod on Synodality delegates made a pilgrimage to Rome’s catacombs Thursday where they literally “walked together” to the tombs of early Christian ...