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

Clement IX, born Giulio Rospigliosi, is the most recent pope to be buried at St. Mary Major, having been laid to rest there ...

Following Monday’s mass at St. Pius X Catholic Church, the congregation paused outside for reflection as the church bells rang 88 times, each chime representing a year that Pope Francis has lived.

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 ordered that upon his death he would be buried in the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore (Basilica of St. Mary Major). This basilica was very dear to him. Francis, however, will not be the ...