Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After excavations and DNA tests, the Vatican says they reached a conclusion, but some ...

Microsoft teams with the Vatican and French startup Iconem to create an intricately detailed digital twin of St. Peter’s ...

Formally known as the Cathedra Sancti Petri Apostoli, or more simply as Cathedra Petri, the chair has held a revered place in ...

VATICAN CITY -- Restorers put the finishing touches Tuesday on the ornate canopy covering the main altar in St. Peter's Basilica, which has been covered in scaffolding for months during the first ...

St. John Lateran's facade bears the Latin inscription of "Mother and Head of all the Churches in the City and the World." ...

The altar is dedicated to St Peter. It was originally consecrated on 13th October 1269. The present wooden altar table, normally covered by an embroidered frontal, and reredos above it were designed ...

St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City has been recreated in digital form using the latest developments in artificial ...

"A sedentary church, that withdraws from life and confines itself to the margins of reality, is one that risks remaining ...

It wasn’t until I moved to Los Angeles and saw people from all over Mexico honoring their dead that I built my first Día de Muertos altar 13 years ... at 2710 E. 4th St. in Long Beach makes ...

One bride is inspiring TikTok thanks to her reaction to getting left at the altar. Rachel Siegel went viral on Oct. 8 when she shared a video of herself in her Safiyaa wedding dress and cape ...

The deceased cardinals and bishops 'loved the church -- each in his own way, but they all loved the church,' Francis said ...

Pilgrims and visitors can now behold this storied relic directly in front of the basilica’s main altar, just above the tomb of St. Peter, where it will remain on display until Dec. 8 ...