In 2023, Pope Francis announced that he would be buried at St. Mary Major; his tomb has been prepared near the Salus Populi ...

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria ...

Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of ...

The Vatican said the cause of death was a stroke that put him into a coma and led to heart failure. Francis had chronic lung ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. The Vatican said the cause of death was a stroke that put him into a coma and led to ...