Some 50,000 people visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City daily. The 500-year-old structure, with its 448-foot-high dome, ...

The pope was admitted to hospital on February 14 where he is fighting a complex respiratory infection and pneumonia in both ...

A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th-century candelabra, worth several thousand dollars. Video posted on X ...

The death of a sitting pope initiates a profound period of mourning and transition within the Roman Catholic Church, marked ...

When the Vatican appointed the sculptor and architect Michelangelo to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica, he based it on the Greek ...

Pope Francis remains in critical condition with early kidney failure, Vatican says - Pope Francis, 88, continues to battle pneumonia and a complex lung infection ...

The Feast of the Chair of St. Peter isn’t about furniture—it’s about the foundation of papal teaching and authority.

The work by American artist Bill Fontana transforms the resonances of the 9-ton bell into an immersive acoustic experience.

There are four major basilicas — all in Rome, Italy, including St. Peter's Basilica inside the Vatican — and nearly 2,000 minor basilicas worldwide. According to the U.S. Conference of ...

The Vatican allows Catholic marriages to take place in the Chapel of the Choir in St. Peter’s Basilica and in the small city state’s seven other churches. People from all over the world ask to ...

A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th-century candelabra, worth several thousand dollars. Video posted on ...

The beloved religious institution is now the Basilica of St. Edward, just as church officials begin to plan a centenary ...