Pope Francis will be buried April 26 in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, where he often prayed before and after official ...

Its grottoes contain the remains of popes past and its vast, marbled interior is home ... seat,” the period between the pope’s death or resignation and the election of a new one. What is St. Mary ...

Pope Francis reformed the rites to be used for his funeral, simplifying them to emphasise his role as a mere bishop and ...

Senior Vatican Cardinal Pietro Parolin led a rosary prayer at the St Mary Major Basilica in Rome on Tuesday evening, ...