Pope Francis marked the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception with a spiritual journey across Rome on Sunday, beginning at the Basilica of St. Mary Major and continuing to the Spanish Steps ...

Irish-American Cardinal Kevin Farrell presides over the entombment of Pope Francis in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major ... of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. Pope Francis was the latest ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Basilica of the ... National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washi… Pope Francis held a canonization mass declaring Junipero Serra a saint at the Basilica of ...

On Sunday, the Vatican released images showing the tomb of Pope Francis at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, also known as Santa Maria Maggiore, in Rome. After the cardinals paid their respects ...

The basilica houses the icon of the Salus Populi Romani and the Holy Cradle of Jesus. Built on the site of a pagan temple of Cybele, Saint Mary Major preserves the basilica’s floor plan and the ...

MANILA, Philippines — A church in Malabon has established a spiritual bond with one of the four major basilicas in Rome. The ...

T he Immaculate Conception Parish of Oslob, Cebu, is proud to announce that it has been officially recognized as an affiliate church of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome. This ...

The Basilica of Saint Mary is honoring the legacy of Pope Francis, who died at age 88 on Monday. The church on Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis is hosting special services and will be open ...

and the third in 2008 almost completely destroyed the church but the image of the Immaculate Conception was spared. Meanwhile, the archdiocese posted that the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major is ...