The new apse of the Lateran Basilica was inaugurated yesterday with much pomp. But for the fiction of his imprisonment the ceremony would have been performed by Leo XIII. in person, for the Pope ...

Take a drone flight of discovery high above the four Papal Basilicas of Rome: St. Peter’s Basilica, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, and Santa Maria Maggiore. These sacred sites are ...

Later, during his formal assumption of the role of Bishop of Rome at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, he declared, “I am Roman,” emphasizing his commitment to the people of Rome and the ...

On average, 45,000 faithful enter St. Peter’s Basilica daily, with peaks reaching 90,000 visitors this year. During numerous liturgical celebrations, incense is naturally burned. However, the large ...

At St Paul basilica and collegiate parish church, Rabat, the fourth altar on the left of the central nave, built by the noble Cosmana Navarra in 1683, is dedicated to St John the Evangelist.