Before an empty and rain-covered St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis held Eucharistic adoration and gave a blessing, praying for ...

The Vatican has entered the digital realm, having launched a new Minecraft-based game that lets kids explore St. Peter’s ...

Year Date Day Holiday 2025 29 Jun Sun Feast of St Peter and St Paul 2026 29 Jun Mon Feast of ... and many people visit the statue of Saint Paul that stands in front of Saint Peter’s Basilica in ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The four major basilicas are all in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica inside the Vatican. Bishop Gerald Barbarito marked the designation ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis continues his recovery from double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli hospital with the Vatican expected to issue the traditional Sunday Angelus prayer as a written text for the ...

Occupying nearly 2 hectares of land and standing at a height of up to 3 storeys high, this building was larger than the present day St Paul’s Cathedral! The basilica acted a civic centre and housed ...

There are four major basilicas — all in Rome, Italy, including St. Peter's Basilica inside the Vatican — and nearly 2,000 minor basilicas worldwide. According to the U.S. Conference of ...

Cardinal Stephen Chow, the Jesuit bishop of Hong Kong, was moved to tears as he and Bishop Joseph Shen Bin of Shanghai led prayers for Pope Francis at the Basilica of Our Lady of Sheshan, ...

Inside the basilica, Rome’s second largest after St. Peter’s, a section of the nave had been blocked off for a conference of bishops, but there was more than enough space to revel in the ...