Pope Francis has made a subtle change in the past year which emphasizes the truth of the feast we mark on Nov. 9 — namely that St. John Lateran, not St. Peter’s in the Vatican, is the ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily as Bishop of Rome at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, where he took possession of ...

It was a truly hectic Sunday, May 25, for the American-born pope, as he visited the two major basilicas: St. John Lateran and ...

The Roman basilica of St. John Lateran marks the 1,700th anniversary of its dedication on Saturday, Nov. 9. It’s a feast day for the universal Church, because it is the seat (the cathedra ...

Celebrating his first Mass in Rome’s diocesan cathedral, Pope Leo XIV said communion is built primarily “on our knees,” ...

Pope Leo XIV declared himself a Roman on Sunday as he completed the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop ...

The Diocese of Rome has planned a full year of events to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, which was dedicated on Nov. 9, 324. The church is the cathedral of ...

his actual seat is in a church on the other side of Rome called St. John Lateran. We associate popes with St. Peter's Basilica, standing between Bernini's great spiral columns under the enormous ...

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 29 - The Cardinal Vicar of Rome, Baldassare Reina, on Sunday opened the Holy Door of the Basilica of St.

In 2024, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Mother Church of Christianity and an irreplaceable point in the history of the West, turns 1700 years old. For over ten centuries, it was the papal ...

Most people think the Pope's church is St. Peter's Basilica. But as the Bishop of Rome, his actual seat is in a church on the other side of Rome called St. John Lateran. NPR's Jason DeRose reports.