The perpetrator broke several candelabra, worth tens of thousands of Euros, and then ripped off the covering on Saint Peter's tomb before being tackled by security.

Mobile phone footage circulating on social media showed a man standing on the altar under the towering Baldachin canopy.

A man jumped onto the altar of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Friday, knocking off six candelabra worth about 30,000 ...

A man jumped onto the altar of St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Friday, knocking off six candelabra worth about €30,000 ...

In his newly released memoir, Hope, the story of the world that made Jorge Mario Bergoglio — and, by extension, the world leader we know as Pope Francis — is a story finally told in his own words. But ...

Some 50,000 people visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City daily. The 500-year-old structure, with its 448-foot-high dome, ...

Witness accounts noted in the study claim the saint had struck his head when a tree had fallen on his way to Naples, Italy.

King Charles and Queen Camilla will pay a state visit to Italy and the Holy See in early April and will meet Pope Francis to mark celebrations for 2025 Catholic Holy Year, Buckingham Palace announced ...

Pope Francis has thrown a wrench in some of the speculation about a future conclave. He's decided to extend the term of the ...

They are welcomed by the Mercy Sisters of Alma, Michigan, aided by U.S. priests and seminarians studying in Rome. The office ...

Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle ...

In his second Jubilee Audience on hope Pope Francis invites us to embrace conversion as a lifelong journey, highligting the ...