Two popes who played instrumental roles in building the world's largest church now gaze at one another with renewed clarity in the apse of St. Peter's Basilica.

Pope Francis made a surprise second appearance Thursday at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, arriving in a wheelchair ...

A Vatican spokesman told journalists the pope had wanted to get some air and then decided to extend his time outside of his ...

Two art restorers were putting the final touches on a months-long restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, who in 1626 ...

The recent restoration of the funerary monument of Urban VIII is displayed to journalists inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the ...

The pope attended a Jubilee Mass on April 6, just two weeks after he was discharged following his bout with pneumonia Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Pope Francis, 88, made his first public ...

Pope Francis has made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and medical ...

Pope Francis greeted the crowd at St. Peter's Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick on Sunday, marking his first appearance at the Vatican since his release from the hospital two weeks ...

A Vatican spokesman told journalists Friday ... he was” to pray at the tomb of Pope Pius X and before the Chair of St. Peter. Pope Francis made a surprise visit to St Peter’s Basilica in ...