Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After excavations and forensic analysis, the Vatican says they reached a ...

St. Peter was the first pope, ... He is believed to have settled in Rome, where it's thought he was martyred around 64 AD. What papal names have been used most?

We think of her as a poet—and a great one—but a case could also be made for her as a theologian. So many of Emily Dickinson’s ...

From Peter to Linus to Francis: How do popes pick their papal names? Phaedra Trethan. ... He is believed to have settled in Rome, where it's thought he was martyred around 64 AD.

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican unveiled the largest and most luxurious of the pagan tombs in the necropolis under St. Peter's Basilica on Tuesday after nearly a year of restoration ...