Heritage Images/GettyImages The first Saint Peter’s Basilica was built on the ... The baldacchino, the swirly-columned arch over the basilica’s high altar, was designed by the famed Baroque ...

Vatican City — Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter's Basilica to pay their final ... made their way to the 16th century basilica's main altar where Francis' open wooden casket ...

Mourners line up inside St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their respects to ... led the procession to the altar, with clouds of incense and the choir chanting the Litany of Saints hymn.

pass through Santa Marta Square and the Square of the Roman Protomartyrs before reaching St. Peter’s Square and entering the Vatican Basilica. At the Altar of the Confession, Farrell will ...

The body of Pope Francis is carried into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday ... led the procession to the altar, with clouds of incense and the choir chanting the Litany of ...

April 24 (UPI) --Vatican authorities kept St. Peter's Basilica open all night as an ... filing past Francis' coffin in front of the main altar between midnight and 5:30 a.m., the Vatican said.

Earlier, the bells of St. Peter’s tolled as his body was transferred ... was just placed on an inclined ramp the main altar of the 16th-century basilica, facing the pews, with four Swiss Guards ...

Pope Leo XIV will formally begin his ministry as bishop of Rome with a liturgy steeped in tradition and rich in symbolism May ...

An American flag is displayed as Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, waves as he arrives to celebrate his ...

Pope Leo XIV ’s inaugural Mass on Sunday morning in St. Peter’s Square and Basilica is a ritual filled with symbolism that connects back to Peter, Jesus’ apostle, and his special mission as head of ...

Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass at St. Peter’s Square to feature ancient rituals and new changes, marking the start of his pontificate.