Restorers put the finishing touches this past week on the ornate canopy covering the main altar in St. Peter’s Basilica, which has been covered in scaffolding for months during the first renovation of ...
The structure, which is positioned over the basilica's main altar to provide a ceremonial covering for the tomb of St. Peter ...
Nine months after the start of the restoration work, the baldachin will be unveiled for a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis Oct ...
Discussion of many issues from the impact of climate change on health, to active aging and the serious problem of antibiotic resistance. The topic of mental health is often overlooked ...
The artist Robert longo is having a pair of major solo exhibitions in London during Frieze Week, at Pace and Ropac.
Pope Urban VIII commissioned Bernini in 1624 to design and build the enormous canopy over the Papal Altar of the Confession, ...
Concealed by scaffolding since February, the restoration of the gilded Baldachin in St. Peter's Basilica is nearing ...
Pope Francis has seen the progress on the baldacchino and, Cardinal Gambetti, said, he “appreciated it very much.” A ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Restorers put the finishing touches Tuesday on the ornate canopy covering the main altar in St. Peter’s ...
Experts conducting the first renovation in 250 years of a towering altar canopy in the Vatican provided a sneak peek of their ...
The Vatican is to unveil the newly-restored gilded bronze canopy that towers over the high altar of St Peter's on 27 October, ...
The restoration of the monumental baldachin over the main altar in St Peter’s Basilica has been completed after months of ...