The people's pope, Francis, was accompanied to his grave on Saturday, April 26, by hundreds of thousands gathered in Rome to pay homage. After a mass at St. Peter's Square, the funeral procession ...

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said. Dozens of world leaders attended, including President Trump.

Peter and Paul, the patron saints of Rome, guard the entrance to Ponte Sant'Angelo, welcoming pilgrims as they begin their journey toward St. Peter's Basilica. A visible cannonball dent marks the ...

Rome Newsroom, 19 April, 2025 / 12:10 am (ACI Africa). Each year, thousands of faithful pilgrims purposefully pass over the Tiber River via Rome’s Ponte Sant’Angelo, where marble messengers lining the ...

Saints Peter and Paul, the patron saints of Rome, guard the entrance to Ponte Sant'Angelo, welcoming pilgrims as they begin their journey toward St. Peter's Basilica. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA ...

Rome, Italy. Vatican dome of Saint Peter Basilica (Italian: San Pietro) and Sant'Angelo Bridge, over Tiber river. Pic: Shutterstock. We take a punt and pile into the first place we find, Blasi, on Via ...

3 Ponder life in St Peter’s ... River and is best viewed from Ponte Sant’Angelo bridge in the early ... painting, ceramics and weaponry. Its terrace has fabulous views over Rome.

Frequent outbreaks of plague decimated pilgrims, Roman citizens and Catholic prelates, and in 1450, a tragic accident on the Sant’Angelo Bridge in Rome led to 200 people being trampled to death.

For Rome, the rare Christmas ... a Franciscan priest at St. Catherine’s Church in Bethlehem, ... The ancient stone bridge Ponte Sant’Angelo, whose statues are under restoration ahead of the ...

It’s known as a bascule bridge, which has a section that can be raised and lowered to allow boats to pass through using counterweights, and is the biggest and heaviest of its kind in western Europe.