Peter and John race to the tomb. John gets there first, but doesn't go inside. Peter, true to his character, pushes past John, who is peering in, and plunges right in.

Peter would proclaim boldly, “This Jesus God raised, and of that we are all witnesses.” The empty tomb is not a monument to death — it is a gateway to eternal life, a declaration that ...

The Trophy and Peter’s tomb beneath it were further buried in the 16th century, ... Jesus confirmed that Peter had been in Rome and had suffered martyrdom under Nero.

Pope Francis on Monday took an emotional, close-up look at the tomb of Peter, the church's first pontiff, buried beneath St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican said.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday took an emotional, close-up look at the tomb of Peter, the church's first pontiff, buried beneath St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican said.

Christian faithful have been convinced that the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem marks the site of Jesus’ burial ever since Byzantine Emperor Constantine erected the church in the year ...

Pope Francis on Monday took an emotional, close-up look at the tomb of Peter, the church’s first pontiff, buried beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said. By doing so, Francis became the ...

VATICAN CITY Pope Francis on Monday took an emotional, close-up look at the tomb of Peter, the church's first pontiff, buried beneath St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican said.. By doing so, Francis ...

Pope Francis on Monday took an emotional, close-up look at the tomb of Peter, the church's first pontiff, buried beneath St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican said.

Francis became the first pontiff to visit the necropolis – where pagans and early Christians were buried – since extensive archaeological excavations decades ago.