John's son - but you shall be called Peter, the rock!" John 1:42 Some Christians deny that the Pope, as successor of St. Peter, has any special authoritative role in the Church founded by Christ.

Pope Francis was brought in solemn procession to St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning, where the late pontiff will lie in state for three days for mourners to pay their final respects and ...

As Dickinson prepares to exhibit at The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht once again, they are looking forward to welcoming many friends and collectors to their stand.

April 24 (UPI) --Vatican authorities kept St. Peter's Basilica open all night as an estimated 50,000 people lined up around St. Peter's Square and out of the Vatican City into Rome for a chance to ...

Elisabetta Sirani was an Italian Baroque artist known for her paintings that depicted historical and biblical narratives, allegories, and portraits. Born in 1638 in Bologna, Italy, she spent her life ...

A St. Peter man arrested for shoplifting from a Mankato retail store may have been planning a mass casualty event, according to court documents.

Vatican City — Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter's Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday at the start of three days of public viewing ahead of his ...

City officials in St. Peter have struggled for years with its cramped, 8,000-square-foot City Hall. This month they bought a bigger one. The city has paid $1.5 million for a 40,124-square-foot ...

Vatican City — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter's Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher ...

The Vatican has extended the viewing period for his body, lying in state for three days, to accommodate the large influx of mourners. The funeral will take place on Saturday, 26 April, at St. Peter’s ...

Catholic cardinals performed the ritual ceremony on Wednesday to transfer Pope Francis’ body from his home in the Vatican hotel to St. Peter’s Basilica to offer three days of public viewing ...