Two art restorers were putting the final touches on a months-long restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, who in 1626 ...

Pope Francis, despite the Vatican’s repeated insistence that he is observing a two-month period of rest, made his fourth ...

Pope Francis visits St. Peter’s Basilica in a surprise outing, just weeks after a long hospital stay and ongoing recovery ...

Pope Francis, who is still in recovery, briefly appeared in St. Peter’s Basilica April 10. He notably prayed in front of the ...

St. Peter’s Basilica is pictured during a press tour to present the recent restoration of the funerary monuments of Popes ...

Appearing publicly in street clothes for the first time as pontiff, Pope Francis went into St. Peter’s Basilica to pray and greet the faithful.

As on every fifth Sunday of Lent, St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome displayed the Veil of Veronica for public veneration. But what ...

This cloth, according to tradition, was used to wipe the face of Jesus on his way to Calvary and bears the true image of ...

Bonnie Prince Charlie” — the ill-fated Catholic Stuart claimant to the British throne — is entombed in marble splendor within ...

Pope Francis, who is recovering from life-threatening double pneumonia, made an unscheduled visit to St. Peter's Basilica on ...

Afterward, the archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica ... and fidelity to Jesus Christ and his Church. The Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary Queen of the Universe in Orlando is adding a ...