St Peter’s Basilica

  • Saint Peter’s Basilica preparing for 2025 Jubilee Year

    Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, Archpriest of Saint Peter's Basilica, details the preparations underway in the Basilica and reorganization of its offices in view of the 2025 Jubilee. Plans include simplified access for those coming to pray and receive the sacraments, and tourists accompanied by guides....
  • Witnesses to the Resurrection: St Peter

    Name: St Peter Death: ~64 – 68AD, crucified upside down in Rome, Vatican Hill. Feast Day: June 29 Patronage: Locksmiths, Fishermen, the Papacy, and many others. Shrine: St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City. St Peter’s bones are buried beneath the main altar of St Peter’s Basilica. Scripture and Life Story: St...
  • Pilgrimage to the Holy Land – Day Fourteen

    Led by Delegate of the Diocesan Administrator Rev Christopher de Souza PP, Greg Whitby, Chancery representatives, Catholic Education Office leaders and a small group of local principals are currently on pilgrimage to Jordan, Israel, Assisi and Rome. There have been five pilgrimages in total, including journeys following in the...