Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome ...

Modeled after Rome's famous St. Peter's Basilica, this Milwaukee religious ... the interior is decorated with stained-glass windows, painted columns and oil murals completed by Roman artists.

READ: Vatican chimney installed ahead of papal conclave The basilica, one of the largest churches in the world, is a jewel of Renaissance architecture and contains the tomb of St Peter — the ...

In his public appearance as pope, Leo called himself an Augustinian, putting an unusual spotlight on his religious order.

The papal apartment, which is a series of rooms wrapping around the Vatican’s Sixtus V Courtyard, was the traditional home of ...

It has traditionally been the second most symbolic building in the Vatican, after St. Peter's Basilica ... and a private study, with windows overlooking St. Peter's Square where the Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio. He’s the blockbuster artist ...

Many others made the same trip in Leo’s first hours as pope, wanting to feel a connection with the South Sider who had just appeared in papal regalia on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.

The highlight is certainly when the curtains open at the windows of the central loggia in St Peter's Basilica. Then a high-ranking cardinal says two Latin words that almost everyone knows the ...

Packs of pilgrims chant and sing as they carry large, wooden crosses on the uneven cobblestones toward St. Peter’s Basilica ... for bugs but shuttering its windows to prevent scanners from ...