The Peter and Paul Fortress is where St. Petersburg was founded. Peter the Great commissioned the building of a fort on Hare Island in 1703 and initiated construction of the fortress. Among its ...

Pope Francis presides over Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul. | Vatican Media Reflecting on the Mass readings of the day, addressing thousands gathered within ...

Nov. 18 is celebrated in the Catholic Church as the feast day of the Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter and Paul. Here are three things to know about the historical, architectural, and ...

St. Peter was a fisherman ... The solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul reminds us that God needs our diverse gifts. He needed the strength and simplicity of a Galilean fisherman.

Peter and Paul were imprisoned before their martyrdom. Top to bottom: Busts of St. Peter and St. Paul in the Carcer, the upper level of the Mamertine Prison (photo: EWTN News) Bénédicte ...

St. Peter’s Basilica, including the Vatican Grottoes ... Saint Pius V, Sixtus V, Paul V, Clement VIII, and Clement IX. The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls contains the remains ...

An official letter from the Vatican Dicastery places a hold on the order to merge SS. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church and St. James Catholic Church, which was issued by an official decree of the ...

Pope Francis stands at the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican ... Later popes have followed Paul’s example of avoiding royal symbolism, such as by no longer using a ...

Peter and Paul. More displays extend down the Via della Conciliazione. Thousands will use these screens to monitor the impending papal conclave, standing too far from St. Peter’s Basilica to see ...

pray at the tombs of St. Peter and St. Paul and meet with the pope and the heads of Vatican offices. “We asked if we might be able to bring a seminarian with us. It’s normally just the bishops ...