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Penitential rite held after naked man stands on St. Peter’s Basilica’s main altar

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, presides over a penitential rite on June 3, 2023, two days after a Polish man stri...

Pope Francis to travel to Mongolia on Aug. 31

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square on March 22, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom...

PHOTOS: American seminarians having a ‘ball’ in Rome college’s restored 1960s bowling alley

Seminarians and priests enjoyed a friendly bowling match in the St. John XXIII Pontifical Lanes during some downtime on an afternoon in May 202...