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97-year-old man ready for his third papal encounter in Cameroon

St. Peter's Basilica

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for Easter on St. Peter's Square on April 5, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

On Easter, pope issues call to nonviolence, convokes vigil for peace

Apr 5
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV presiding at the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, at April 2, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

During Holy Week, Pope Leo urges Christians to be prophets of unity

Apr 2
Elise Ann Allen

A general view of the Degemar Quarry near Tivoli, Italy, 35 kilometers east of Rome, on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, where 17th-century Baroque architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini selected travertine for the colonnade of St. Peter's Square. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

The travertine quarries that built St. Peter’s Square are carving rock for Mormon temple

Feb 19
Nicole Winfield,
Francesca Primavilla, Associated Press

The entrance to the "Ultra Visibilia" exhibition on St. Peter's Terrace is shown on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the dedication of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Vatican expands visitor experience at St. Peter’s Basilica to mark 400th anniversary

Feb 16
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Natalie Turner and her son Phillip cross the Holy Door in St.Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on the last day of its public opening, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Final pilgrims cross Holy Door

Jan 6
Nicole Winfield,
Trisha Thomas, Associated Press

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke celebrates an old Latin Mass for pilgrims in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

American cardinal celebrates old Latin Mass in St. Peter’s in a sign of change

Oct 27, 2025
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV gives his homily at the Mass for the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul in the Vatican on June 29, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope calls for more unity in the Church on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

Jun 29, 2025
Charles Collins

St. Peter's decked out with Dutch flowers in 2023. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Dutch floral gift for Vatican Easter a tradition ‘too beautiful to let go to waste’

Apr 16, 2025
Luuk van den Einden - Katholiek Nieuwsblad

Oops, he did it again: Pope makes surprise appearance, in house clothes

Apr 11, 2025
Elise Ann Allen

Exposition of the Holy Face in St. Peter's Basilica on April 6, 2025. (Credit: Fabric of St. Peter in the Vatican.)

Veil of Veronica a sign of hope for modern times, Vatican official says

Apr 10, 2025
Elise Ann Allen

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