Tag: St. Peter’s Basilica
Cardinal Domenico Calcagno reads Pope Francis’ homily at Holy Thursday chrism...
VATICAN CITY -- Especially in a Jubilee Year, but also every day, priests are called to continual conversion so that they can authentically preach...
Fully restored sculptures of the popes who built St. Peter’s Basilica...
VATICAN CITY -- Two popes who played instrumental roles in building the world's largest church now gaze at one another with renewed clarity in...
Jubilee of Deacons shows powerful reminder of church’s global reach with...
VATICAN CITY -- "Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and divest ourselves," Pope Francis...
Cardinals-designate Timothy Radcliffe says we must not put people ‘in boxes’...
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...
Preparations under way for the opening of the Holy Door in...
VATICAN CITY -- Hours after the last visitors and pilgrims left St. Peter's Basilica for the day, a chisel clanged and dust flew as...
Pope Francis expands schedule for opening of the Holy Year 2025
VATICAN CITY -- With the opening of the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis' schedule of liturgies in December and January has expanded.
The pope, who...
Restoration of Gian Lorenzo Bernini masterpiece at St. Peter’s Basilica reveals...
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 cancels audiences with Pope due to mild flu-like symptoms; trip...
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...
Ex-Vatican employee Alfio Maria Daniele Pergolizzi claims ‘gold placed in 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...
Ex-Vatican employee arrested for trying to sell master Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s...
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...