Formally known as the Cathedra Sancti Petri Apostoli, or more simply as Cathedra Petri, the chair has held a revered place in ...

Microsoft teams with the Vatican and French startup Iconem to create an intricately detailed digital twin of St. Peter’s ...

The keys to heavenBeneath Michelangelo’s great dome, the high altar of the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome is covered by a baldachin, a bronze canopy designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The altar is ...

The deceased cardinals and bishops "loved the church -- each in his own way, but they all loved the church," the pope said.

Online visitors can navigate the Vatican basilica’s mosaics, the cupola, the underground necropolis and Peter’s tomb. A ...

St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City has been ... which is located under the main altar of the basilica. To create the digital replica of the exterior and interior of the famous basilica ...

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, right, and Microsoft's vice-Chairman and President Brad Smith unveil the project "St. Peter's Basilica: AI-Enhanced Experience" during a press conerence. at the Vatican ...

Visitors to Rome will have the opportunity to experience St. Peter’s Basilica in a new way as part ... we have ever seen," said Brad Smith, vice chair and president of Microsoft, during a ...

The ongoing restoration of Bernini’s monument at the Altar of the Chair ... consecration of the current St. Peter’s Basilica in 2026. “Celebrating the ‘Chair’ of Peter,” Benedict ...

Microsoft’s Vice Chair and President Brad Smith launched the 3D “digital twin” of the basilica ... Altar of St. Michael below. The “Pétros ení” exhibition on the terrace of St. Peter ...