With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 29 - The Cardinal Vicar of Rome, Baldassare Reina, on Sunday opened the Holy Door of the Basilica of St.

By Bernhard Warner Bernhard Warner spoke with mourners gathered in and around St. John Lateran in Rome. Pope Francis was the spiritual leader to more than one billion Roman Catholics around the world.