One of the questions I hear most often is whether it’s worth visiting the most popular tourist attractions in Europe, or if they’re too overhyped to live up to their reputations? The truth is that ...

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 ...

Two Brazilian nuns have gone viral after dropping an impromptu beatbox and dance session during a Catholic television program.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first ever U.S. pope .

such as the architect and sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who designed St Peter's Square and its surrounding columns. Built around 432 AD under Pope Sixtus III, the basilica holds some of the ...

At over 23,000 square feet, St. Peter’s Basilica is home to Michelangelo's Pietà and Bernini's Baldachin, to name only a few of its marvels. Beneath the Basilica are the Vatican Grottoes ...

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 ...

Works by Bernini, Caravaggio ... The statues of 140 saints occupy the facade of Saint Peter Basilica in Vatican City. At almost 30 metres tall, this bronze canopy is undoubtedly one of the ...

Works by Bernini, Caravaggio ... The statues of 140 saints occupy the facade of Saint Peter Basilica in Vatican City. 9. The Baldacchino was a divisive addition At almost 30 metres tall, this ...

Bells from the basilica rang out as the wooden ... Francis's coffin was placed before St Peter's Altar of the Confession, where Bernini's bronze baldacchino soars up towards Michelangelo's famous ...