Rome the Eternal City of Faith and Pilgrimage is the beating heart of Catholic Christianity a sacred geography where blood of martyrs consecrated soil and where Peter’s successors continue to shepherd Christ’s flock. The city which once hosted a seat of an empire that persecuted the Church today stands at the center of Catholic Christianity and a two-millennia treasure house of spiritual heritage.

From the catacombs in which early Christians had secretly celebrated the Eucharist to the magnificent Basilicas –testify victory of faith. Rome offers pilgrims a unique experience in Western Christian history. It is the city in which Peter and Paul preached and were martyred, and continues to entice millions of faithful who seek to link up with the beginnings of their own religion and to discover the living tradition of Catholicism in its own land.

In Rome, every stone holds a history of beliefs, every church a piece of religious art, and every corner echoes with the saints’ and sinners’ prayers throughout the centuries. To walk along Rome’s streets is to walk through very timeline of salvation history in which human and divine have crossed each other in such peculiar manners as to have left a spiritual legacy which continues to nourish the Church’s soul. Let’s begin the walk in Rome, then.