Some 50,000 people visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City daily. The 500-year-old structure, with its 448-foot-high dome, ...

A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th ...

The man tried to rip off the cloth, as well as kicking down antique candelabra worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

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 ...

Vatican City, Vatican City - 08, 2025 Soldiers, police, and security agents from numerous countries arrived at the Vatican on Saturday to cross the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica for the Jubilee of ...

A man jumped onto the altar of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Friday, knocking off six candelabra worth about 30,000 ...

The perpetrator broke several candelabra, worth tens of thousands of Euros, and then ripped off the covering on Saint Peter's tomb before being tackled by security.

Over the Feb. 8-9 weekend, approximately 30,000 men and women from more than 100 countries participated in various ...

The altar is located directly above the tomb of Saint Peter, considered one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles in Christian tradition.

Pope Francis is suffering from bronchitis but plans to maintain his scheduled appointments in the coming days, the Vatican said on Thursday. The pope, who told pilgrims at his general audience on ...

A man jumped onto the altar of St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Friday, knocking off six candelabra worth about €30,000 ...