Pope Urban VIII commissioned Bernini in 1624 to design and build the enormous canopy over the Papal Altar of the Confession, ...

Bishops Albert Bahhuth, Matt Elshoff, Brian Nunes, and Slawomir Szkredka report back from a Vatican course for new Catholic ...

Unless you have looked at a picture to prepare yourself, at first sight the tomb of the Blessed Carlo Acutis, which stands in ...

Restorers have put the finishing touches on the ornate canopy covering the main altar in St. Peter’s Basilica, which has been ...

Prayer chants and the sounding of traditional ram's horns fill the air in the town of Uman, in central Ukraine, as thousands ...

The Valdakino, a huge structure located in the middle of the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica, will soon be open to the public ...

Pope Francis has seen the progress on the baldacchino and, Cardinal Gambetti, said, he “appreciated it very much.” A ...

Gilded canopy restored at Vatican basilica Experts conducting the first renovation in 250 years of a towering altar canopy in the Vatican provided a sneak peek of their progress on Tuesday, with ...

King Baudouin of the Belgians was known as a devout Catholic monarch who was uncompromising in his Catholics ideals. This led ...

The famed Baldachin of St Peter's, the magnificent Baroque masterpiece by Gian Lorenzo Bernini that rises above the high ...

Through a lifetime of reinvention, the vice presidential nominee came to embrace the meanest and most historically ...

Jesus said, 'Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your ...