Pope has respiratory tract infection, is in fair condition and running mild fever, Vatican says
Pope Francis will be hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic at the end of Friday’s daily audiences to undergo some ...
National Catholic Register7d
Man Attacks High Altar of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican
A man desecrated the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican by climbing on top of it and throwing six candelabras ...
La Croix International5d
Man vandalizes High Altar of St. Peter’s Basilica
A man climbed onto the altar of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican February 7 knocking over several candelabras before being ...
Immersive technology reveals new views of St. Peter’s Basilica
Some 50,000 people visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City daily. The 500-year-old structure, with its 448-foot-high dome, ...
HistoryExtra2d
Michelangelo: the Renaissance polymath who transformed Western art
Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...
Daily Mail7d
Moment masked thug attacks Saint Peter's tomb in front of horrified pilgrims in Vatican City before being dragged to the ground by security
and the statue of St Peter on his throne. It is believed the Pope was not present at the time of the incident. MailOnline has approached St Peter's Basilica and the Vatican's Swiss Guard for comment.
The Art Newspaper5d
Suspect detained after works damaged at Vatican altar
Security staff at the Vatican have apprehended a man after he jumped on to the main altar in St Peter’s Basilica and damaged ...
Catholic News Agency8d
Man attacks high altar of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican
A man desecrated the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican by climbing on top of it and throwing six candelabras that were on the altar to the ground, according to the Italian news ...
Virginia bishop says altar desecration is latest in ‘increasing global trend of attacks' on Catholic Church
A Virginia Catholic bishop says the desecration of the main altar in St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday points to a larger ...
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Romanian Man Defaces Vatican Altar, Damaging Objects Worth Thousands of Dollars
A video capturing the incident shows the individual jumping onto the altar, removing the altar cloth, and kicking six gold ...