ROME (AP) — Two art restorers were putting the final touches on a months-long restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, who ...

Two popes who played instrumental roles in building the world's largest church now gaze at one another with renewed clarity in the apse of St. Peter's Basilica.

The recent restoration of the funerary monument of Urban VIII is displayed to journalists inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the ...

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

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. transcript “What’s your name?” ...

The same Scripture verse also inspired Schmalz’s Angels Unawares sculpture — also located within St. Peter’s Square — which depicts 140 migrants of different ethnicities and nationalities standing on ...

Pope Makes Surprise Visit to St. Peter’s Basilica Pope Francis made an unexpected visit to St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday, wearing civilian clothes.

The Town Council honored the only Catholic church in Palm Beach on Tuesday, after the Vatican elevated the St. Edward to ...

Pope Francis, who is taking two months' rest as he recovers from double pneumonia, was seen dressed in black pants rather ...

including St. Peter's Basilica inside the Vatican — and nearly 2,000 minor basilicas worldwide. According to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, a Catholic church must meet four conditions ...