Saint Peter, a reluctant but passionate leader, from the crucifixion of Jesus to his own. The film's first half dramatizes the New Testament's "Acts": early fear, the renewal of Pentecost ...

Nelson, with a detail of Michelangelo’s 1499 Pietà at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome ... Mary cradling Christ’s lifeless body after his crucifixion, is one of history’s most revered ...