Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After ...

Vatican City is one of the world’s smallest countries but is home to the world’s largest church by interior size - the St ...

A view of St Peter's Baldachin surrounded by scaffolding as it undergoes restoration work. Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP An Italian Member of the European Parliament facing trial in Hungary for ...

The statue of the Virgin chosen by the Vatican to represent hope during the opening of the Jubilee comes from Battipaglia, a ...

We absolutely love Rome and had an amazing time visiting it this past summer. During our trip, we noticed many areas were ...

Pope Francis delivered his homily seated in front of the basilica’s newly restored 17th-century baldachin — the gilded bronze canopy ... At the end of Mass, four Vatican workers carried the Chair of ...

Bernini's Baldachin will be restored in time for Jubilee Year 2025. The Vatican is to unveil the restored gilded bronze canopy that towers over the high altar of St Peter's Basilica on 27 October, ...

Three years after he asked the world’s Catholics to walk together in faith on a synodal journey, Pope Francis said that the Church cannot risk becoming “static” but must continue as a “missionary ...