The unidentified man circumvented barriers that surround the altar, climbed the steps and urinated on the holy structure ...

The man climbed the altar and “urinated under the stunned gaze of hundreds of tourists,” according to the Roman newspaper ...

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected turnout, ...

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti presided over a penitential rite of reparation at the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica following a ...