(Photo by Johann Jaritz / CC BY-SA 3.0 AT) On April 6, visitors at St. Peter’s witnessed the rare display ... in a gesture of goodwill toward the Greek Orthodox Church, returned Saint Andrew ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican opened St. Peter’s Basilica to the general public Wednesday to pay ... with clouds of incense preceding him as the church choir began chanting the Litany of Saints hymn ...

Thousands of people filed through the central aisle of St. Peter's Basilica to pay their final ... transition in the 1.4-billion strong Catholic Church, with cardinals gathering over the coming ...

Escorted by solemn cardinals and Swiss Guards, the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three ... preceding him as the church choir began chanting the Litany ...

plan the conclave to elect his successor and make other decisions about running the Catholic Church. In a post on X late Wednesday, Yaron Sideman shared a photo of himself in St. Peter’s ...

“Let us ask him, in his mercy and kindness, to grant to the late pope an eternal home in the kingdom of heaven, and to comfort with the celestial hope the papal family, the Church in ...

was a fitting bookend to a 12-year papacy that sought to shake up the church and return it to its Gospel-mandated mission of caring for the poorest. Francis' funeral will be held Saturday at 10 a.m.

In dazzling sunshine, under cloudless blue skies, tens of thousands of people streamed up the broad avenue leading from the banks of the River Tiber to St Peter’s Basilica. Some were devout ...

Pope Francis’ body could be moved to St Peter’s Basilica, allowing the faithful to pay their respects, as early as Wednesday, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement on Monday.

Bell tolls in St. Peter's square after Pope Francis' death The Vatican confirmed the death of Pope Francis, 88, on Monday morning. Footage taken by Instagram user Carla van Kampen (@carlafood) shows ...

Pope Francis thrilled St Peter's Square on Easter Sunday as he greeted ... a 'Holy Year' in the Catholic Church which comes around once every quarter of a century and attracts thousands of ...

However, the Prince and Princess of Wales will not be at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, as they are spending the weekend ... The King delighted well-wishers when he appeared at the church last ...