Peter, the first pope, was buried after dying as a Christian ... and creating a new glass pane to protect Michelangelo's statue of the Pieta, housed at the front of the church.

The seven-foot-tall statue of Apollo was discovered in the ruins of an ancient Roman house in 1489. It has been at the Vatican since the early 1500s, when Pope Julius II decided to bring the ...

6, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) A statue of the Virgin Mary is carried in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican while Pope Francis appears at the window of his studio for the traditional noon ...

Acerbi is the only one of the new intake who is over 80 and hence too old to vote for new pope. Usually the college has a limit of 120 on voting-age cardinals but popes often exceed the cap ...

Happiness is not found in material things but in God himself, who shows us the joy found in making our lives a gift for others, Pope Francis said in his Sunday Angelus address. “Let us remember ...

Associated Press Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024 3:55 p.m. | Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024 3:55 p.m. ROME — Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals Sunday, significantly increasing the size of the College of Cardinals ...

Adds more photos.; Updates Media. ROME (AP) -- Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals Sunday, significantly increasing the size of the College of Cardinals and further cementing his mark on the group ...

Pope Francis has chosen 21 new cardinals in a move that once again shows his determination to reshape the group of churchmen who will elect his successor. Francis, 87, made the surprise ...

ROME — Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals Sunday, significantly increasing the size of the College of Cardinals and further cementing his mark on the group of prelates who will one day elect ...

In 2019, the pope celebrated Mass at the Catacombs of Priscilla, while in 2022 he privately visited the Teutonic Cemetery again but offered Mass for deceased bishops and cardinals in St.

Peter’s Basilica ... a Mass of thanksgiving together in the Vatican basilica. While the Pope typically goes to venerate a statue of the Virgin Mary close to the Spanish Steps early in the ...

Beijing and the Vatican announced on Tuesday that the accord, previously renewed in two-year increments, had been renewed ...