Pope Francis has made a subtle change in the past year which emphasizes the truth of the feast we mark on Nov. 9 — namely that St. John Lateran, not St. Peter’s in the Vatican, is the ...

In 2024, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Mother Church of Christianity and an irreplaceable point in the history of the West, turns 1700 years old. For over ten centuries, it was the papal ...

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the Eucharist during Mass of the Lord's Supper at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome April 21. (photo: CNS photo/Paul Haring) Edward Pentin Blogs June 22, 2011.

Vatican City, Nov 9, 2023 / 04:00 am. The Diocese of Rome has planned a full year of events to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, which was dedicated on Nov. 9, 324.

The opening of the Holy Door in the atrium of the Lateran Basilica, the cathedral of Rome and 'mother of all churches,' precedes those that will take place at St. Mary Major on January 1st at 5:00 ...

Rome Newsroom, Apr 21, 2023 / 09:25 am. The head of the Coptic Church is scheduled to offer the Orthodox Divine Liturgy in the Catholic Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome on May 14.