Pope Francis stipulated that he be laid to rest at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major, where seven other popes are buried.

Rome—The Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, which Pope Francis chose as his final resting place, is a fifth-century church ...

Francis has broken with recent papal tradition by choosing to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore instead of St ...

The Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, which Pope Francis chose as his final resting place, is a fifth-century church located in ...

A funeral will be held on Saturday for the pope, who changed the rules to make such ceremonies simpler than those ...

Pope Francis was buried inside his favourite Rome church after a funeral mass in St Peter's Square, the Vatican said on ...

In the final stage of his earthly journey, Pope Francis Saturday was entombed in the papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major as a ...

Built around 432 under Pope Sixtus III, the basilica holds some of the Catholic Church’s most important relics, including an ...