With thousands of infirmed people and those who care for them gathered in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis, seated in a ...

The 88-year-old Pope Francis lifted his hands to wave to the crowd, who stood and applauded, as he was rolled to the front of the altar in St. Peter's Square.

The remains of the catacomb saint, who lived in Rome around 250, arrived Munich as a gift in the 17th century. St. Peter's Church is closely connected with the history of the city of Munich.

His body was taken back to France and Rome via New ... Peter was declared a martyr and beatified in 1889. Pope Pius XII canonized him in 1954. Within a few years of Saint Peter Chanel’s death ...

Known as the "Catacomb Saints," the remains of would-be martyrs were entombed below Rome ... but a martyr had a status not entirely dissimilar to a saint." Koudounaris estimates that between ...

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The epicenter of Roman Catholicism, St. Peter's Basilica is centered in Vatican ... Regardless, you'll take in a panorama of Rome's spectacular landscape. If you've come hoping to catch a glimpse ...