The altar is dedicated to St Peter. It was originally consecrated on 13th October 1269. The present wooden altar table, normally covered by an embroidered frontal, and reredos above it were designed ...

The abuse took place between 2007 and 2012 in the Pius X Pre-Seminary, which houses altar boys who serve Mass in St Peter's Basilica, sometimes for the pope, and are thinking of becoming priests.

Inside the parish church of St. Peter, there are numerous art treasures to explore. Among them are a high altar from the early 18th century with a golden figure of St. Peter - and the relics of ...

The many altars have frontals, or panels covering the front section of the altar. The High Altar, dedicated to St Peter, also has some dorsals which hang at the back of the altar. For the Lent period ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Roman Catholic faithful will be able to view St. Peter’s tomb remotely as part of the Vatican’s technological outreach with its far-flung flock during the upcoming Holy Year.

More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the first two weeks after ...

The funeral Mass will be celebrated January 2 at 2 p.m. at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica, with Cardinal ...

Pope Francis talks with Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, Sri Lanka, during an audience with pilgrims from Sri Lanka after a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica ... serving as altar servers in ...

Pope Francis will inaugurate a webcam on Dec. 2 to be installed beneath the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica. Another webcam will be placed on the basilica’s Holy Door for the 2025 Jubilee ...