Italy

Italy

Where the apostles were martyred and the Church endured

Rome is where the story of the early Church reaches its most dramatic chapters. Peter was crucified here. Paul was beheaded here. The first believers worshipped in secret in the catacombs beneath the city's streets. And then — against every human expectation — the faith that Rome tried to extinguish became the faith of the empire. This ten-day faith journey moves through Rome, Assisi, Florence, and Venice, holding together the courage of the martyrs and the glory of a civilization shaped by the Gospel.