Ongoing restoration work within St. Peter's Basilica is providing a rare glimpse into centuries-old details that have been ...

Tens of thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Square to watch Pope Leo XIV deliver the first Sunday ...

We associate popes with St. Peter's Basilica ... 17th century architect Francesco Borromini. She stands in front of a ...

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St ... Peter, a work in the apse of the basilica by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the 17th-century sculptor and ...

There are churches, and then there is St. Peter's Basilica. It isn't just an architectural wonder... It is the beating heart of Christianity. Let's explore the engineering, artistry and magic of ...

Pope Francis lies in state in St. Peter’s Basilica ahead of his funeral on ... Francis, the 76-year-old Argentine who became the church's first pontiff from the Americas in March, returns ...

Originally built with humble materials like brick and wood, the old basilica was adorned with ... masters like Michelangelo and Bernini, the current St. Peter’s Basilica is a pinnacle of Renaissance ...

VATICAN CITY — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that ... Sunday of 15-year-old Carlo Acutis, which was ...