Pope Francis made a short and unannounced visit Saturday to St. Peter's Basilica to pray before this evening's Easter vigil and greeted some of the faithful present.

The completed work, a masterpiece of Renaissance style with many baroque elements, is powerfully ornate. At over 23,000 square feet, St. Peter’s Basilica is home to Michelangelo's Pietà and ...

Commissioned by Pope Julius II and designed by masters like Michelangelo and Bernini, the current St. Peter’s Basilica is a pinnacle of Renaissance architecture. It stands as one of the largest and ...

Members of the public inside the vast St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican patiently wait their turn Thursday to spend a few moments paying their last respects to the late Pope Francis as his body ...

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Pope Francis was brought in solemn procession to St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning, where the late pontiff will lie in state for three days for mourners to pay their final respects and ...

Vatican City — Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter's Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday at the start of three days of public viewing ahead of his ...

Throngs of mourners are lining St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state in an open coffin ahead of funeral and burial services ...