The man tried to rip off the cloth, as well as kicking down antique candelabra worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Security staff at the Vatican have apprehended a man after he jumped on to the main altar in St Peter’s Basilica and damaged ...

A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th ...

A man climbed onto the altar of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican February 7 knocking over several candelabras before being ...

A man jumped onto the altar of St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Friday, knocking off six candelabra worth about 30,000 euros before officers intervened, reports said.

Mobile phone footage circulating on social media showed a man standing on the altar under the towering Baldachin canopy.

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The perpetrator broke several candelabra, worth tens of thousands of Euros, and then ripped off the covering on Saint Peter's tomb before being tackled by security.

The altar is located directly above the tomb of Saint Peter, considered one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles in Christian tradition.

A man desecrated the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday by climbing on top of it and throwing six candelabras that ...

A man jumped onto the altar of St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Friday, knocking off six candelabra worth about €30,000 ...