Pope Urban VIII commissioned Bernini in 1624 to design and build the enormous canopy over the Papal Altar of the Confession, located directly over the tomb of St. Peter the Apostle. The Vatican ...

ALBANY — St. Peter’s Health Partners, which includes St. Peter’s Hospital, and the UnitedHealthcare insurance company have reached an agreement, after a months-long standoff, allowing ...

The Vatican has announced that the completed restorations on the soaring baldacchino over the central altar of St. Peter’s Basilica designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini will be unveiled on Oct. 27.

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.

The new Greco’s takes a spot at 329 C Main St. that was formerly the home of a clothing boutique. Like the Greco’s in Lititz, the Landisville shop sells hand-dipped and soft serve ice cream ...

VATICAN CITY, Oct 8 (Reuters) - A 10-month project to restore the giant bronze-and-wood canopy in the middle of St Peter's Basilica is nearing completion, and the work will be unveiled to the ...

(Editor's note: A previous version of this story misstated the number of islands that comprise the Apostle Islands and misstated the results of a poll taken during a town hall meeting about ...

Her life changed dramatically on a visit to the tomb of St. John Paul II in the Vatican, where, according to her, she had a ...

St Peter’s Cambridge has confirmed today its Head of School Marcus Blackburn has resigned and already been replaced by another headmaster. Trust board chairman John Macaskill-Smith said in a ...

Peter was a contemporary of well-known 16th-century Spanish saints, including Ignatius of Loyola and John of the Cross. He ...

Johnny Louis/Getty Cuban artist José Manuel Carbajal Zaldívar, best known as El Taiger, died after suffering ... a.m., officers responded to NW 17th St. 10 Ave and discovered the musician ...