Catholics celebrated the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday, marking what Pope ...

Pope Francis made a short and unannounced visit Saturday to St. Peter's Basilica to pray before this evening's Easter vigil ...

Whether you’re Catholic or not, it’s hard to argue with the fact that St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is an amazing feat of ...

There was no guarantee that Pope Francis would reach this year's Easter celebrations after a life-threatening illness that had him confined to a hospital for over a month.

and made an impromptu tour of St. Peter’s Basilica, stopping to pray, and to thank a pair of restorers for their work on the basilica’s masterpieces. On Saturday, the eve of Holy Week ...

The recently restored Ponte Sant’Angelo in Rome features 10 angels holding symbols of Christ’s passion, creating a profound ...

Pope Francis has visited Rome’s main prison and met with dozens of inmates as he kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least fortunate, even as he continues ...

the niches in St. Peter’s—designed by Bernini in the 17th century—have preserved three other major relics: a piece of the “True Cross,” a fragment of the “Holy Lance,” and the skull ...

On Holy Thursday, more than 1,880 priests, bishops, and cardinals renewed the promises made at their ordinations during the chrism Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica. Pope Francis delegated Cardinal ...

“By improving accessibility, we improve the safety of everyone.” During the Holy Year, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of the basilica, said the number of visitors to St. Peter’s — typically ...