People walk near St. Peter's Basilica, background, in Rome, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, the day before of the upcoming conclave starting on May 7, to elect the 267th Roman pontiff.

St. Peter's is a church within Vatican City, the microstate in Rome. The word "basilica" can refer to a Roman Catholic church in which ceremonies take place, but, according to Merriam-Webster it ...

Roman Catholic cardinals attended a public mass in St. Peter's Basilica just a few hours before the start of the conclave to elect a new pope. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re presided over the ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday, April 26, in front of St. Peter's Basilica, after the pontiff lies in state there for three days. Apr 23 CBS News New York ...

VATICAN CITY — As the words "Habemus papam!" rang out from the famed loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, tens of thousands of people, crushed tightly together, erupted in cheers — and tears. But ...

Pope Leo XIV will appear in public again this Sunday in St Peter's Square. From the balcony of St Peter's Basilica, the first pontiff from the United States, former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost ...

Pope Francis holds a palm branch as he celebrates Palm Sunday Mass behind closed doors in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2020, during the lockdown aimed at curbing the ...

Most people think the Pope's church is St. Peter's Basilica. But as the Bishop of Rome, his actual seat is in a church on the other side of Rome called St. John Lateran.

Hundreds of thousands of mourners packed into St. Peter’s Square Saturday morning in Rome to say farewell to Pope Francis, remembered as an everyman who had an uncompromising sense of equality ...

Breaking Down Pope Leo XIV's first remarks from St. Peter's Balcony 03:55 In his first address Thursday, Pope Leo XIV spoke of peace, building bridges and helping people who are suffering.