The Chair of St. Peter in 2024 at St. Peter’s Basilica, exposed for the first time since 1867. (Wikimedia Commons) It’s 39 ...

Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized since last week, was found to have pneumonia in both lungs following a CT scan on ...

The contemporary art installation was audible via speakers in the portico, or entrance, of St. Peter’s Basilica.

Besides the Holy Doors, other factors have contributed to the high number of people visiting Rome and other parts of Italy to ...

A diverted trip, a grounded flight and an unexpected stay in Canada showed that "Jesus ... is in charge, not us," said ...

The pontiff was admitted to a Rome hospital with bronchitis last week after suffering breathing difficulties, but the Holy See revealed on Tuesday evening that he had developed pneumonia in both of ...

People carry the sick into the streets so that when Peter passed his shadow might fall on them. Even a saint experiences difficulty in Christian ... On Vatican Hill, in Rome, during the reign of Nero, ...

St. Ephraim of Syria ("Homily 4," c. 351 A.D.) "In the city of Rome the episcopal chair was given first to Peter, the chair in which Peter sat, the same who was head--that is why he is also called ...

The Vatican has now said new scans show the pope has ‘the onset of bilateral pneumonia’, but added that he ‘remains in good ...

Peter eventually died from a fatal axe wound to the head. His body was taken back to France and Rome via New Zealand ... Within a few years of Saint Peter Chanel’s death, most of the island ...

It comes as the pope is reportedly rushing to tie up loose ends and secure his legacy ahead of the race to succeed him. It ...