The keys to heaven Beneath Michelangelo’s great dome, the high altar of the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome is covered by a baldachin, a bronze canopy designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The altar ...

This post includes photos and details from our trip to St. Peter's Basilica in June 2024.

The restoration of the monumental baldachin over the main altar in St Peter’s Basilica has been completed after months of work. It's the first time in 250 years that it has undergone such a ...

Pope Francis is celebrating the Vatican's traditional Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a newly restored St. Peter's Basilica. The restoration is part of preparations for the 2025 Jubilee Year, a ...

Students can step inside this legendary St. Peter's Basilica building and take on the role of its caretakers in Minecraft Education.

I’m astonished by how deeply I’ve come to love this weird and wonderful festival. And by how it is still legal.

Concealed by scaffolding since February, the restoration of the gilded Baldachin in St. Peter's Basilica is nearing completion, with the 30-meter-tall centrepiece's reinvigorated features being ...

Also known as a baldachin, the canopy was built over the spot where the Vatican says St. Peter, the first pope, was buried after dying as a Christian martyr under the reign of Roman Emperor Nero ...

The Holy Father’s visit coincided with the recent restoration of this sculptural ensemble, carried out as part of the Jubilee of Hope, which also included the cleaning of St. Peter’s baldachin ...

Pilgrims lined up to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome as Christmas marks the start of the 2025 Holy Year celebration.

People have been left outraged after a video of a Romanian man breaking into and ransacking one of the Vatican's holiest sites - St Peter's Basilica - has emerged online.

The St. Peters Church (Peterskirche/Alter Peter) is one of Munich’s most famous landmarks and a must-see for all travellers. See more about this edifice here!