On Saturday, Pope Francis' coffin was interred during his funeral services. Trump locks in future of Michigan air base with new fighter jet announcement 19 Iconic TV Catchphrases We Still Can't ...

But Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican, as he requested a “simple” tomb a couple of miles away in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore ...

Salus Populi Romani, found in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Fine Art Images / Heritage Images via Getty Images) Pope Francis’s devotion to the basilica was ...

He also asked that his “last earthly journey” end at the “very ancient Marian shrine,” of Santa Maria Maggiore ... di Cambio, the 13th century sculptor and architect, is now in the ...

was laid to rest Saturday at 1.30pm local time at Rome's Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore -not far from the Argentine Embassy- at his own request. The first papal burial outside the Vatican since ...

ROME: Pope Francis' last resting place is the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, a fifth-century church in the heart of Rome that already houses the tombs of seven popes. Francis, who passed away on ...

In another surprise visit by Pope Francis early Saturday afternoon, Vatican sources confirmed that the Pontiff visited the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome and stopped to pray before the ...

Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, was laid to rest during a 30-minute ceremony which started at 1:00 pm (1100 GMT) at the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica in the Italian capital. Footage shared by the ...

Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, was laid to rest during a 30-minute ceremony which started at 1:00 pm (1100 GMT) at the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica in the Italian capital. Pallbearers carry ...