Tag: St. Peter’s Basilica

VATICAN CITY  -- "Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and divest ourselves," Pope Francis...

VATICAN CITY -- Two cardinals-to-be stood out in a sea of red during a solemn consistory in St. Peter's Basilica when Pope Francis created...

VATICAN CITY -- Hours after the last visitors and pilgrims left St. Peter's Basilica for the day, a chisel clanged and dust flew as...

VATICAN CITY -- With the opening of the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis' schedule of liturgies in December and January has expanded. The pope, who...

VATICAN CITY -- More than two dozen popes have celebrated Mass under the giant canopy that rises over the main altar of St. Peter's...

VATICAN CITY -- Saying Pope Francis had "a mild flu-like condition," the Vatican press office announced he had canceled his scheduled audiences Sept. 23. The...

ROME -- The lawyer for the former Vatican employee accused of trying to sell St. Peter's Basilica an allegedly stolen 17th-century manuscript about plans...

VATICAN CITY -- A former employee of St. Peter's Basilica is in Vatican custody after allegedly being caught in a Vatican-orchestrated sting operation involving...

VATICAN CITY  -- Although Pope Francis usually takes the month of July off -- except for leading the recitation of the Angelus on Sundays...

ROME -- Seven months before the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, a Vatican official opened the doors to the official...