Pope Francis named Cincinnati's St. Peter in Chains Cathedral a "minor basilica" Saturday, strengthening the historic landmark's ties to Rome and recognizing its "artistic beauty." The honor comes ...

ROME-- The State Department is warning that St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Milan's cathedral and La Scala opera house, as well as "general venues" like churches, synagogues, restaurants, theaters ...

The first major restoration since the mid-1700s of the massive canopy at the center of the cathedral of St. Peter’s cathedral, in Rome, is now underway. Also known as the baldachin, the canopy ...

With the St. Peter’s Holy Door now open to the public, a steady stream of pilgrims was filing into the basilica, a pace that is expected to continue through next year until the door closes on ...

The church will be known as the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains. The decree was signed at the Vatican on June 29, 2020, and was received by the archdiocese last week.

Even though the Chair of Peter is now physically kept at St. Peter’s, the pope’s cathedral (the pope is pope because he is bishop of Rome) is actually St. John Lateran.

Rome, Italy, Mar 2, 2017 / 11:47 am. Pope Francis met Thursday with priests of the Diocese of Rome, delivering a lengthy meditation on St. Peter and his example of faith – which, though ...

Francis dedicated the 2025 Jubilee to hope and made clear that prisoners would be an important part of it: The final grand event of the Jubilee is a special Mass for inmates at St. Peter’s on ...

Pope Francis arrives to recite the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.