Forty-two cardinals, 42 bishops and 1,800 priests living in Rome concelebrated the Mass. Holy Thursday marks the institution ...

US Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic convert, attended Good Friday services with his wife and three children at St. Peter’s ...

To learn more, visit the basilica's website. Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & St Peter’s Basilica Guided Tour (36171 reviews) ...

Since St. Peter's Basilica is one of Rome's best free activities ... however: going through the Sistine Chapel. There is a passage from the Vatican Museums into the Basilica, but it's closed ...

On Sunday, April 6, the Fifth Sunday of Lent, St. Peter’s Basilica will display the revered ... is normally kept in a chapel that lies behind a balcony above a colossal statue of the saint ...

The impressive dome ceiling in Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome.Credit: Getty Images However, the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel is not the only one in Rome. And the one inside the Basilica ...

The Sistine Chapel is actually quite small Given ... commissioned by Pope Julius II to work on his tomb in the new basilica of St Peter’s. “For reasons we don’t know exactly,” explains ...

Holy Thursday commemorates the institution of the Eucharist and the sacrament of the priesthood during the Last Supper. The Chrism Mass is a particularly important celebration, as it symbolizes the ...