Pope Leo XIV prays at St. Mary Major, May 25, 2025. (photo: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News/Vatican Pool) David Ramos/CNA Vatican May 25, 2025.

St. Mary Major is the oldest still-standing sanctuary dedicated to that, said Giuseppe Falanga, ... Portugal, and in Lourdes, France, other sites of apparitions in the past few centuries.

Pope Leo XIV prayed at the Basilica of St. Mary Major following the Mass where he took possession of the Basilica of St. John Lateran as bishop of Rome. Friday, July 11, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV presides over a Mass in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran and takes possession of the Roman Cathedra, formalising his role as Bishop of Rome in Rome, Sunday, May 25, 2025.

Senior Vatican Cardinal Pietro Parolin led a rosary prayer at the St Mary Major Basilica in Rome on Tuesday evening, honouring the memory of the late Pope Francis. Cardinal Parolin has held the ...

Pope Francis, as specified in his final testament, was laid to rest in Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major in a tomb “in the earth; simple, without special decoration and with the only ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In the week since Pope Francis was entombed at St. Mary Major, cardinals arriving in Rome to take part in the conclave that will decide his successor have been friendly if ...

Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88, was laid to rest at the Basilica of St. Mary Major following his funeral on April 26. As the world continues to mourn the late pope during the nine-day ...