So, Peter turned around and walked back to Rome, to embrace his martyrdom. In this way, Peter was able to “undo” his earlier denial of Jesus on the terrible night Jesus had been arrested ...

It wasn’t until the 20th century that the oldest stratum of St. Peter’s Basilica finally came to light. In 1939, Pope Pius XII decided to open the Vatican Grottoes to the public.

Members of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica from Nov. 12-13, 2023, to celebrate the end of the jubilee year marking the 400th anniversary of the martyrdom of ...

VATICAN CITY: Thousands of people poured into St Peter's Basilica on Wednesday (Apr 23) to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, who is lying in state for three days ahead of his funeral on ...

At St. Peter's, Michelangelo's Pietà is now protected behind bulletproof glass. Just beside it, at at 7 p.m. Rome time, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door, or Porta Santa, ...

Francis made the surprise appearance in St. Peter’s after noon on Thursday, smiling, waving and clasping hands with people, as he was wheeled by his trusted nurse and accompanied by security guards.