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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 December 2024. Church in Vatican City For other uses, see St. Peter's Basilica (disambiguation). Church in Vatican City Saint Peter's Basilica Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican Basilica di San Pietro (Italian) Basilica Sancti Petri (Latin) Main façade and dome of St. Peter's Basilica, seen ...
Fundamental Statute for the Secular Government of the States of the Church; Capture of Rome (1870) "Prisoner in the Vatican" (1870–1929) Roman Question; Law of Guarantees; Lateran Treaty (1929) Vatican City (1929– present) Governorate of Vatican City State; 2010 Vatican employee sex scandal; History of the Catholic Church since 1962 ...
The overall plane of Vatican City is an irregular quadrilateral. The main building, St. Peter's Church and the square occupy most of the southern section of the eastern half of the Vatican City. [24] The Sistine Chapel in the northwest of St. Peter's Church is opposite to the Pope's glimpse hall in the west.
By Michael Kelley This week the Vatican's papal conclave began the process of choosing the next spiritual leader of 1.18 billion Catholics worldwide. White smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel ...
The Madonna and Child with St. Anne (Dei Palafrenieri) or Madonna and the Serpent [1], is one of the mature religious works of the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, painted in 1605–1606, for the altar of the Archconfraternity of the Papal Grooms (Italian: Arciconfraternita di Sant'Anna de Parafrenieri) [2] in the Basilica of Saint Peter [3] and taking its theme from Genesis 3:15.
The Apostolic Palace [a] is the official residence of the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church, located in Vatican City. It is also known as the Papal Palace, the Palace of the Vatican and the Vatican Palace. The Vatican itself refers to the building as the Palace of Sixtus V, in honor of Pope Sixtus V, who built most of the present form of ...
The buzzy Vatican thriller chronicles how the election of a new pope turns into a fight for the soul of the modern-day Catholic Church. Conclave Author Robert Harris on the Origin of His Best ...
Pope Francis, right, and Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, center, are seen during the canonization mass of two new saints in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, on October 9, 2022.