An important change on Urban VIII's tomb was to remove a sculpted cloth that had ... funerary monument of Urban VIII is ...

Appearing publicly in street clothes for the first time as pontiff, Pope Francis went into St. Peter’s Basilica to pray and ...

Pope Francis, who is still in recovery, briefly appeared in St. Peter’s Basilica April 10. He notably prayed in front of the ...

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside ...

Pilgrims have been pouring into a medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated ...

Though in theory observing a two-month period of rest, Pope Francis Thursday made his third surprise appearance in a week, ...

According to officials, the Pope showed 'slight improvements in voice and mobility' this week and continues to concelebrate ...

Two popes who played instrumental roles in building the world's largest church now gaze at one another with renewed clarity in the apse of St. Peter's Basilica.

Pope Francis made a lengthy appearance at St. Peter’s Square to greet the crowd “Happy Palm Sunday and Happy Holy Week,” and ...

ROME — Two art restorers were putting the final touches on a months-long restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, who in 1626 consecrated St. Peter ... The Vatican said that Francis was ...