It's very beautiful that he's going back, having concluded his ministry, to the place where it began," Father Patrick Briscoe ...

Various factors are at play when it comes to the decision of a burial place for a pope. Pope Francis has chosen the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore.

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

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

Pope Francis will be laid to rest April 26 at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major, in keeping with his final wishes. The ...

St. Peter’s Basilica, including the Vatican Grottoes, houses the remains of approximately 90 of Rome’s popes. The rest are scattered throughout other places ...

Nativity scene commissioned by Pope Nicholas IV in 1292. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Statue of St. Pius V above his tomb in a chapel of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. Credit: Raksan36studio ...

Pope Francis was buried in the side aisle of the Basilica of St Mary Major, between the Pauline Chapel, where his beloved ...

Pope Francis becomes only the seventh Holy Father to be laid to rest at the Papal Basilica of St Mary Major in Rome.