For the first time in more than a century, the historic Chair of St. Peter, a wooden throne symbolizing the pope’s magisterial authority, has been removed from its gilded bronze reliquary in St ...

Vatican City, Nov 9, 2024 / 06:00 am. For the first time in over a century, the historic Chair of St. Peter, a wooden throne symbolizing the pope’s magisterial authority, has been removed from ...

The story behind this prominent wooden throne, however, isn’t exactly a happy one. But it is a love story. A large wooden chair sits in Robert Sandoval’s front yard along Shields Avenue.

The story behind this prominent wooden throne, however, isn’t exactly a happy one. But it is a love story. Almost 10 years ago, Sandoval lost his wife Mary Ann Sandoval in a high-profile car crash.

The story behind this prominent wooden throne, however, isn’t exactly a happy one. But it is a love story. A large wooden chair sits in Robert Sandoval’s front yard along Shields Avenue.

A large wooden chair sits in Robert Sandoval’s front yard along Shields Avenue. Robert said he constructed the chair in 2021 to memorialize his wife Mary Ann who died in a car crash in 2015.