A man desecrated the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican by climbing on top of it and throwing six candelabras ...
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 has faced several health challenges in recent years, including knee problems requiring a wheelchair, respiratory ...
Pope Francis has thrown a wrench in some of the speculation about a future conclave. He's decided to extend the term of the ...
The Vatican City is toughening punishments for people entering the place illegally, in light of the expected influx of ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Faithful leave St. Peter’s Basilica at the end of a mass presided ...
to the Swiss guards and gendarmes at the Vatican City gate at Porta Sant’Anna, I was directed to the library, not far from Saint Peter’s Square, the Sistine Chapel, and Michelangelo’s Pietà.
Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 21 babies in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel and praying the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square.