ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV declared himself a Roman on Sunday as he completed the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome. The first American pope formally took possession ...

Following the Mass where he took possession of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Cathedral of the Bishop of Rome, Pope Leo XIV proceeded to the Basilica of St. Mary Major, where the Virgin ...

GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking ... the other is a chapel with the relics of St. Monica, St. Augustine’s ...

Owner of Tibbs and Bones Jade Mary said Chapel St was getting a bad rap. At Tibbs and Bones on Greville St, owner Jade Mary said the precinct has a “really lovely atmosphere”. She also loves ...

They paid respects to the late pontiff by offering a prayer in front of his tomb and headed towards Cappella Paolina, the chapel Pope Francis frequented ... reported an estimated 20,000 people visited ...

While hundreds of thousands of people flocked to Vatican City for Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday, some South Florida Catholics who couldn't make it went to the Cathedral of St. Mary for a Vigil ...

Francis is buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome. LONDON and ROME -- The Vatican released photos of the tomb of Pope Francis, who was buried on Saturday in the Basilica of St. Mary ...

Papal funeral rites take place in three parts: The first is in the pope’s private chapel after medics have ... be taken to Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major for burial. The Vatican shared ...

Pope Francis has finished his earthly journey and is now buried in the side nave between the chapel of the Salus Populi Romani and the Sforza chapel of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome.

and the Sforza Chapel in St. Mary Major Basilica. It is also located near the altar dedicated to St. Francis. Work to receive Pope Francis’ coffin began a few days ago, fulfilling the pontiff ...

(RNS) — Pope Francis asked to be buried in St. Mary Major, close to the most important icon of Mary, the Salus Populi Romani. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — After the pomp of his funeral in St. Peter ...