The awe-inspiring grandeur of St. Peter's Basilica, a cornerstone of the Vatican ... a masterpiece by Gian Lorenzo Bernini completed in the 17th century. Scaffolding has enveloped the towering ...

When Pope Francis died, questions about his successor were all over the news. Every Catholic waited with bated breath on who the new head of the Catholic Church will be. The names of Asians and ...

located in the center of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, where Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s baldachin stands, Pope Leo XIV will descend the stairs with the patriarchs of the Eastern Churches to ...

VATICAN CITY — Global dignitaries and faith leaders from around the world will gather in Vatican City on Sunday as Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV presides over his inauguration Mass, which will ...

he entered St. Peter’s Basilica for the high ceremony. Cardinals concelebrating the liturgy watched the pope kiss the high altar, under Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s 400-year-old ...

Located under Bernini’s baldacchino ... With an area of 2.3 hectares and a capacity of more than 60,000 people, St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is the largest Catholic church in the world.

Further reading: A Passover Journey with the "Seattle Stations" In addition to this sacred cloth, the niches in St. Peter’s—designed by Bernini ... In Rome, the Basilica of the Holy Cross ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican and Microsoft have unveiled a digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica that uses artificial intelligence to explore one of the world’s most important monuments ...

That homily was delivered during the American pope's inaugural mass, called the Holy Mass for the Beginning of the Pontificate, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. An open-topped popemobile ...

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 ...

When Leo appeared for the first time before the Mass began, standing up in the famous open-top white popemobile as it pulled into the piazza in front of St. Peter’s Basilica shortly after 9 a.m ...