St. Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro) is the massive open-air plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City and was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini between 1656 and 1667.

What it was like inside St. Peter's Square when the new pope was announced As Cardinal Robert Prevost's name was announced, a sound of shock rose up.

Photos: Cheering crowds in St. Peter’s Square greet arrival of new pope Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary, was elected the first American pope by the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since ...

Francis’ body — dressed in papal vestments, with a white bishop’s miter on his head — will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for several days to allow the faithful to bid farewell. On ...

Hundreds of thousands of the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square on Sunday to pay homage to Pope Francis on the second of nine days the Vatican has set aside to mourn the beloved pontiff, who ...

Earlier this week, the pope made a surprise appearance at a Mass in St. Peter’s Square and met privately with King Charles III and Queen Camilla of Britain, who were paying a visit previously ...

The top of the colonnade in St. Peter’s Square contains 140 statues of various saints. The sculpted figures were completed by many artists over a period of 41 years, from 1662 to 1703.

St. Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro) is the massive open-air plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City and was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini between 1656 and 1667.

Pope Francis surprised those gathered Sunday in St. Peter’s Square with his first public appearance in the Vatican since he was released from the hospital two weeks ago.. Francis, 88, arrived in ...

St. Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro) is the massive open-air plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City and was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini between 1656 and 1667.