When the Vatican appointed the sculptor and architect Michelangelo to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica, he based it on the Greek ...

Sacred Heart Parish at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Rome hosted a ceremony August 13 to celebrate the unveiling of a historical marker donated by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. St. Peter’s was ...

Pope Francis has made a subtle change in the past year which emphasizes the truth of the feast we mark on Nov. 9 — namely that St. John Lateran, not St. Peter’s in the Vatican, is the cathedral of the ...

'Bonnie Prince Charlie' — the ill-fated Catholic Stuart claimant to the British throne — is entombed in marble splendor within the basilica, just a few steps from the front door. King Charles III and ...

A new report by The Data Appeal Company, the leading tourism intelligence firm part of the Almawave Group, by analysing thousands of reviews, OTA rates, and digital traces, reveals how the Holy Year ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Visitors to Rome will have the opportunity to experience St. Peter’s Basilica in a new way as part of an immersive exhibit, both in person and online, created through a ...

ROME – With Pope Francis remaining in critical condition fighting a complex respiratory infection and bilateral pneumonia, the cardinals and curial officials in Rome have organized a rosary and ...

VATICAN CITY The crowd of many thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square went suddenly silent when a Vatican official announced Pope John Paul II had died. Then they started to clap. It is an Italian ...

Pen and black ink, with grey wash, partially heightened with opaque white, on firm laid paper with barely discernible watermark. 55.7 x 86.5 cm (sheet size). Inscribed “Francesco Panini fece e Vende ...