Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After ...

The Vatican has announced that the completed restorations on the soaring baldacchino over the central altar of St. Peter’s Basilica designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini will be unveiled on Oct. 27.

Approximately 40,000 visitors enter St. Peter's Basilica each day, and now they can gain deeper insights into what they are ...

The epicenter of Roman Catholicism, St. Peter's Basilica is centered in Vatican City and is renowned for its stunning architecture. What's more, it's open daily for free. (Though it's closed on ...

POPE Francis closed the global Synod on Synodality’s final assembly on Sunday with a call for a Church that “hears the cry of ...

The Polish pope, canonized by Francis in 2014, demonstrated throughout his life that faith and peaceful resistance could ...

VATICAN, December 31. /TASS/. Pope Emeritus at rest, Benedict XVI, who died at the age of 96, will be buried in the Vatican Grottoes beneath St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican announced on Saturday.

Obviously, if you're in Rome you have to visit St Peter's Basilica ... you can fill it up for free. Importantly, the Vatican ...

Pope Urban VIII commissioned Bernini in 1624 to design and build the enormous canopy over the Papal Altar of the Confession, located directly over the tomb of St. Peter the Apostle. The Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY, Oct 8 (Reuters) - A 10-month project to restore the giant bronze-and-wood canopy in the middle of St Peter's Basilica is nearing ... to Rome. Sign up here. Two U.S. pollsters ...