However, Saint Peter's Basilica, which is located in Vatican, is the largest cathedral in the world.

不过在梵蒂冈内的圣彼得大教堂却是世界上最大的天主教堂。

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He is at his most instructive and entertaining in the period that roughly coincides with the construction of Saint Peter's basilica, which "took 120 years and lasted for the lifetime of 20 popes".

他的书最有启发性和娱乐性的地方是在和建造圣彼得大教堂大致重叠的时期。圣彼得大教堂的建造“花了120年的时间，历经20位教皇”。

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Last year the court heard some 220 cases, mainly involving petty crimes such as pickpocketing committed by a tiny fraction of the 18 million people who enter Saint Peter's Basilica or the Vatican Museums each year.

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In a homily at his final Ash Wednesday mass in Saint Peter's basilica earlier in the month, he said the Catholic Church had been "defiled" by internal divisions, and suggested that he had been surrounded by "too much individualism and personal rivalry".

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