Before leaving the hospital, the pope blessed a cheering crowd of over 3,000 people gathered in the courtyard chanting his ...

Pope Francis made his first public appearance in five weeks, coming to the balcony of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital to wave and ...

Now 20 years since Pope John Paul II’s death on April 2, 2005, one of his closest collaborators says the Polish pontiff lives ...

Through concerts in the Eternal City for the 2025 Jubilee, the shrine choir sought to help uplift and transform the hearts ...

During his long and fruitful pontificate, St. John Paul II embraced the entire world, which stands yet again in need of his ...

ROME (CNS) -- Imagine being able to explore all of St. Peter’s Basilica, its artistic masterpieces and the saint’s underground tomb as well as interact with its caretakers and archeologists to ...

Yet the student from Rome ... saint during a worldwide gathering of teenagers at the Vatican. Franciscan Father Enzo Fortunato, the director of communications for St. Peter’s Basilica, also ...

"It makes you understand how Rome really is." Visitors must book visits to the Necropolis on the official website of Saint Peter’s Basilica. The dress code mandates covered shoulders and below ...

The first cardinal to arrive on time at the basilica was the elderly Cardinal Camillo Ruini, bent over and in a wheelchair, he could not miss being present. He settled in the front row. Next to ...

As such, minor basilicas have a close connection to the pontiff. They also receive special privileges, such as the authority ...

In Lourdes, the mosaics at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary created by Father Marko Rupnik were covered March 31.