The painting The Torment of Saint Anthony is widely believed to be ... copying the works of Masaccio. Enraged by Michelangelo’s criticism, Torrigiano hit him in the nose, shattering the cartilage.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV offered a message of love and unity during an inaugural Mass on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square ...

It’s just remarkable to see someone I know as the pope,” said the Rev. Joe Roccasalva, an Augustinian priest who grew up in ...

Habemus papam, we have a pope!” exclaimed Levi Meyer, a junior at St. John Vianney College Seminary (SJV) in St. Paul who is ...

WORCESTER ― The former St. Peter-Marian High School building is back on the market, after plans to build a senior housing complex on the site evidently fell through. The former Catholic high ...

Cape Town - St Peter was expressing his feelings, not swearing or blaspheming, when he urged Jesus not to "fuck around" in a golf game, the office of the press ombudsman ruled on Monday. The ruling ...

John's son - but you shall be called Peter, the rock!" John 1:42 Some Christians deny that the Pope, as successor of St. Peter, has any special authoritative role in the Church founded by Christ.

Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history’s first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural Mass ...

Aidan Williams scored five goals for St. Peter’s Prep in its 10-9 win over Columbia in Jersey City. Down 6-5, St. Peter’s Prep (7-6) used a 3-1 third quarter to take the lead, 8-7, over Columbia.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated a private Mass on Sunday near the tomb of St. Peter, before he was to deliver his first Sunday noon blessing from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica.

Cardinals entered St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday for a final Mass before the conclave to elect the successor to Pope Francis after his death last month. The Mass comes before the private ...