Pope Francis made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since ...

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome. It's his first break ...

St. Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro) is the massive open-air plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City and was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini between 1656 and 1667.

Youth gather in St. Peter's Square the evening of April 26, hours after hundreds of thousands of Catholics, leaders and diplomats crammed into St. Peter's Square to mourn the death of Pope Francis.

A packed St. Peter's Square reacts with joy to the new pope Habemus Papam, the College of Cardinals has elected a pope, and the crowd in Vatican Square went wild.

Hundreds of thousands of the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square on Sunday to pay homage to Pope Francis on the second of nine days the Vatican has set aside to mourn the beloved pontiff, who ...

What it was like inside St. Peter's Square when the new pope was announced As Cardinal Robert Prevost's name was announced, a sound of shock rose up. It was something few people had anticipated ...

There was a candlelit path to the altar holding the Eucharist during adoration in St. Peter's Square on March 14, 2023. (photo: Daniel Ibanez/CNA / EWTN) Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Vatican March 15, 2023.

St. Peter’s Square was illuminated by candlelight the night of Saturday, May 20, 2023, as pilgrims prayed the rosary in a procession in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA ...

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Earlier Sunday, a whopping 300,000 people flocked to St. Peter's Square and the surrounding area for the pope's first Angelus, and even more are expected Tuesday. Security, of course, will be tight.