Nearly six years and two owners later, the campuses still sit idle and deteriorating, the absentee owner of both properties facing foreclosure on each and plans for apartment conversions sidelined.

A thank you sign is attached to a tree next to the 125-year-old St. Peter’s Church at 98 Franklin Square in New Britain onMonday, March 24, 2025.(Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant) ...

St. Peter Catholic Church was exploring other options for its campus Friday after the city council voted to deny its request to permanently close part of a downtown street.

Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday at the start of three days of public viewing ahead of his funeral.. Throngs ...

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Leo said, “Peace be with you,” and emphasized a message of peace, dialogue and missionary ...

VATICAN CITY — As the words "Habemus papam!"rang out from the famed loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, tens of thousands of people, crushed tightly together, erupted in cheers — and tears.

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church. Vice President JD ...

As 133 cardinals were sequestered in the Sistine Chapel where they would vote for a new leader of the Catholic Church, the faithful and the curious gathered in St. Peter’s Square.