The sky above St. Peter's Basilica turns pink and illuminates Bernini's colonnade, as thousands of faithful take their seats ...

"How do you move Piazza San Pietro?" Like that grand piazza, which Bernini designed in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the enormous marble sculptures for which the artist is best ...

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

Whether you’re Catholic or not, it’s hard to argue with the fact that St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is an amazing feat of ...

He will break papal tradition and be laid to rest in a spot that was spiritually meaningful to him throughout his life.

The night before the funeral, the camerlengo will preside over the closing and sealing of the coffin in the presence of other ...

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

Francis thrilled the crowd at St. Peter’s during a Jubilee Mass for the ill on Sunday ... sculpted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, ...

The Holy Father’s visit coincided with the recent restoration of this sculptural ensemble, carried out as part of the Jubilee ...

Francis thrilled the crowd at St. Peter’s during a Jubilee Mass for ... sculpted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and the basilica’s founder, Pope Paul II, by Guglielmo della Porta was completed ...