Before an empty and rain-covered St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis held Eucharistic adoration and gave an extraordinary urbi ...

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Shortly before returning to his home in the Vatican on Sunday, Pope Francis made a brief appearance from a fifth-floor ...

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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 ...

Pope Francis gives a blessing with the monstrance from the entrance of St. Peter's Basilica, during a televised holy hour with Eucharistic adoration and an extraordinary Urbi et Orbi blessing in ...