For the first time in over a century, the historic Chair of St. Peter, a wooden throne symbolizing the pope’s magisterial authority, has been removed from its gilded bronze reliquary in St.
Peter to the present. Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica, where Bernini's gorgeous bronze monument to the Chair of Peter acts as a massive bronze reliquary for the historic wooden chair ...
The apostle Andrew was martyred. He died nailed to a cross. His desire to be identified with Christ was so great that when he was being led toward the place of his martyrdom, and saw his own cross ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A view of St. Peter’s basilica during the preview to the press of the exhibition ‘Petros eni’, which ...
Online visitors can navigate the Vatican basilica’s mosaics, the cupola, the underground necropolis and Peter’s tomb. A ticketed, in-person experience is also designed for the jubilee year, plus a ...
But the heart of the project is the creation of a digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica through ... “This house of prayer for all peoples has been entrusted to us by those who have preceded ...