Rome’s first churches were modeled on basilicas rather ... down the length of the nave to the altar. The fifth-century Santa Sabina is the best preserved paleo-Christian basilica in Rome.

(ANSA) - ROME ... in the Church of Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino, the liturgy of the Stations will begin, followed by the penitential procession towards the Basilica of Santa Sabina.

Gabriel Romanelli, the parish priest of the Holy Family church in Gaza ... during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina, March 5 in Rome. (CNS/Lola Gomez) 'We experience fragility ...

Pope Francis said the Lenten journey reminds the Church that hope in Jesus ... attend the Mass held inside the Basilica of Santa Sabina located on Rome’s Aventine Hill. “The ashes remind ...

Pope Francis presides over Ash Wednesday Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome on Feb. 14 ... Francis quoted the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which calls hope the “sure and steadfast ...