A fresco of Constantine’s Old St. Peter’s Basilica as it looked in the ... The baldacchino, the swirly-columned arch over the basilica’s high altar, was designed by the famed Baroque artist ...

In the splendor of St. Peter’s Basilica, with the sunshine glinting across the bronze canopy that towers over the main altar, thousands of Catholic pilgrims streamed in to glimpse the body of ...

The body of Pope Francis is carried into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday ... led the procession to the altar, with clouds of incense and the choir chanting the Litany of ...

VATICAN CITY — Thousands of people filed through the central aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their ... way slowly to the 16th-century basilica’s main altar, where Francis’ simple ...

pass through Santa Marta Square and the Square of the Roman Protomartyrs before reaching St. Peter’s Square and entering the Vatican Basilica. At the Altar of the Confession, Farrell will ...

Ordinary faithful filled St. Peter’s Square to watch the procession ... Instead, it will just be placed on the main altar of the 16th-century basilica, simply facing the pews.

Pope Leo XIV's inaugural Mass at St. Peter's Square is an ancient ritual filled with symbolism that connects back to Peter, Jesus' apostle, and his special mission as head of the Catholic Church.

Truong, a lifelong Catholic, had hoped one day to spend Easter in Vatican City. That hope was fulfilled this spring, when he ...

Pope Leo XIV will formally begin his ministry as bishop of Rome with a liturgy steeped in tradition and rich in symbolism May 18.

Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history’s first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural Mass ...

Watch Pope Leo XIV address crowds from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in his first appearance as the new Catholic leader.