FABRIANO, JAN 12 - A 15th-century wooden statue of St Peter has been attributed to Renaissance master Donatello. The newly re-attributed work was delivered back safely Tuesday to a gallery in the ...

It’s one of the largest churches in the world. As the most important church in Catholicism, St. Peter’s is appropriately huge.At over 600 feet long and almost 450 feet tall at the top of its ...

The 6-ton marble statue of the Korean martyr, which will be permanently installed in a niche outside St. Peter’s Basilica, will then be blessed by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St ...

In yet another nod to Asia and a further sign of Pope Francis’s love affair with the continent, Saint Peter’s Basilica this week will receive a new marble statue of South Korean priest and ...

Hundreds of Catholics cheered last Saturday when the statue of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon, the first Korean Catholic priest, martyr and saint, was unveiled on the outer wall of Saint Peter’s Basilica at ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A marble statue of Saint Andrew Kim Taegon (1821-1846), the first priest and martyr of Korea, will be placed in an external niche of Saint Peter's Basilica and blessed ...

This exhibition – the first major show in Britain to focus on the Renaissance master Donatello – begins and ends with David, the youth who slew Goliath, and rarely has there been such a ...

The 6-ton marble statue of the Korean martyr, which will be permanently installed in a niche in the walls of St. Peter’s Basilica, will then be blessed by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of ...

A bronze statue of St. Peter, possibly cast as long ago as the 5th century CE, has seen a lot of love: It's tradition for basilica visitors to kiss or rub his foot when they pass by.