St. Paul Outside the Walls and St. Mary Major, which are all located in Rome — the opening of the Holy Door of the Vatican is marked by a unique ceremony. It begins with the unsealing of the ...

ROME — Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that ... and in a part of the basilica that was once a door to an adjacent palace where four popes ...

Francis is buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome. LONDON and ROME ... The cardinals are expected to pass through the Holy Door, visit the tomb, then proceed to the chapel where ...

VATICAN CITY — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica ... during special holy days devoted ...

The basilica houses the icon of the Salus Populi Romani and the Holy Cradle of Jesus ... be buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary the Major, and not in St. Peter's Basilica like his predecessors.

Rome — Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica ... and in a part of the basilica that was once a door to an adjacent palace where four popes lived.

On Saturday, the eve of Holy Week, Francis went to the St. Mary Major Basilica in central Rome to pray privately before a favorite icon of the Virgin Mary, Salus Populi Romani. The basilica ...

But his chosen resting place is the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Major), one of the main four ... there's a small recess, a door that leads to a room where candelabras were stored.

But Pope Francis rose at dawn the following day and asked to be driven to St. Mary Major, a basilica in Rome ... That first stop as Holy Father in 2013 will now be his last. Pope Francis chose ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica ... and in a part of the basilica that was once a door to an adjacent palace where four popes lived.