Ex-Catholics in Rome reconnect with roots, spirituality in paganism VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As Romans search for alternatives to Catholicism, some have turned to Jupiter, Minerva and Juno.

The building boom went hand-in-hand with policy. The emperor Theodosius outlawed paganism and all connected rituals in 392 CE. Yet, into the fifth century, temples in Rome were not destroyed it seems.

The forces that drove Rome to become Christian did not immediately transform the empire into an entity that practiced modern Christianity. It was a process.

The Italian Cultural & Community Center will host a special presentation on Fellini's Eternal Rome: Paganism and Christianity in the Films of Federico Fellini, a recently released book authored by ...