The relic dispayed just above the tomb of St. Peter will be accessible for public viewing until Dec. 8, the solemnity of the ...

Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After excavations and forensic analysis, the Vatican says they reached a conclusion, ...

Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica, where Bernini's gorgeous ... stained-glass Dove of the Holy Spirit window at the basilica’s apse. The historic wooden Chair of St. Peter as it is ...

St. John Lateran's facade bears the Latin inscription of "Mother and Head of all the Churches in the City and the World." ...

Bearing witness to centuries of history, these Gothic, Romanesque or Baroque monuments are uniquely recognizable by their ...

The second order has a large central window, with, at the sides, four large statues of St. Peter ... interior follows a common basilica plan, with a nave and two aisles divided by two pilasters, and ...

The current basilica was built in the eleventh century and partially ... from the 4th century in the St. Peter's chapel of the apse area; from the 11th century in the apse itself; from the 12th ...

Microsoft teams with the Vatican and French startup Iconem to create an intricately detailed digital twin of St. Peter’s ...

Online visitors can navigate the Vatican basilica’s mosaics, the cupola, the underground necropolis and Peter’s tomb. A ...