The conclusion seemed obvious, at least to Guarducci: The bones belonged to St. Peter. Based on these results, in 1968, Pope Paul VI solemnly announced that the bones of the apostle had been found.

Teh 2025 Savannah St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshal Jay Burke and his aides lead the annual parade and judged the ...

The inscription refers to donor "Constantine, the servant of Christ," as well as an intercession naming St. Peter "chief and commander of the heavenly apostles." Constantine was emperor of Rome ...

Christians recognize Saint Peter, originally a fisherman ... Although Peter was the first Apostle, Luke 22:54-62 details the story of how he denied knowing Jesus after the crucifixion – and ...

No doubt it was by design that God placed his most scholarly apostle under the authority of a man of lesser birth, but it’s noteworthy that, unlike St. Peter, he didn’t require a lengthy ...

that references the “chief and commander of the heavenly apostles,” a phrase often used to refer to Saint Peter. The find suggests that Peter had a “special association” with the ...

Because he followed Jesus before St. Peter and the others, he is called the “Protoklete” or “First-Called” apostle. Pope Benedict commented: “He was truly a man of faith and hope ...

In the collect for the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, the church prays to God “that no tempests may disturb us, for you have set us fast on the rock of the Apostle Peter’s confession of ...

The Arm of Saint Jude the Apostle will be on display for veneration ... the main altar of Saint Joseph in the left transept of St. Peter’s Basilica.” Bishop Timothy Senior will celebrate ...

This programme of music for the Feast of St Peter broadly follows the structure of the three major choral services of the Anglican tradition, all of which can in turn be traced back to the worship ...