The altar is dedicated to St Peter. It was originally consecrated on 13th October ... following his daughter's marriage here. In front of the High Altar is one of the Abbey's treasures. This is a ...

A man climbed onto the high altar of St Peter’s Basilica and hurled candelabra to the ground in front of shocked visitors there for the Jubilee year. The masked vandal desecrated the altar by ...

Rome (CNN) — A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th-century candelabra, worth several thousand dollars.

A Virginia Catholic bishop says the desecration of the main altar in St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday points to a larger worldwide trend of attacks against Catholics. "What took place at Saint ...

The abuse took place between 2007 and 2012 in the Pius X Pre-Seminary, which houses altar boys who serve Mass in St Peter's Basilica, sometimes for the pope, and are thinking of becoming priests.