For decades, scholars have widely held the view that after Emperor Constantine gave Christianity legal status at the beginning of the 4th century CE, the Jewish people were terribly oppressed.

Rome, January 8 - Pope Francis' visit to the Great Synagogue of Rome on January 17 speaks to peace in the face of extremism, Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni told ANSA in an interview Friday.

President Isaac Herzog concluded his official visit to Italy today, with an address at a historic gathering of the Jewish community at the Great Synagogue of Rome. Speaking before hundreds of ...