The altar is considered one of the holiest sites in Christianity having been built above the tomb of Saint Peter, who in the religion's tradition was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ.
when Rome and the Vatican City celebrates its Jubilee Year. CNN’s Christopher Lamb gets a guided tour of this iconic site including rare access to the tomb of St. Peter, who was the church’s ...
Some 50,000 people visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City daily. The 500-year-old structure, with its 448-foot-high dome, ...
Mobile phone footage circulating on social media showed a man standing on the altar under the towering Baldachin canopy.
A man desecrated the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday by climbing on top of it and throwing six candelabras that ...
Besides the Holy Doors, other factors have contributed to the high number of people visiting Rome and other parts of Italy to ...
A man jumped onto the altar of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Friday, knocking off six candelabra worth about 30,000 ...
A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto ... with 32 million pilgrims expected ...
The altar is located directly above the tomb of Saint Peter, considered one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles in Christian tradition.