With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, died on Monday at the age of 88. In his will, Francis requested to be ...

It was a fitting choice: Francis was particularly devoted to the Virgin Mary, and Santa Maria Maggiore was the first church ...

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

Pope Francis has a deep devotion to the Virgin Mary and always prays at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore before leaving ...

The funeral rites take place in three parts, called stations. The first takes place in the pope’s private chapel, after ...

As early as 2015, Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century ...

Pope Francis will be buried in the Santa Maria Maggiore church in Rome, a decision that has sparked widespread attention. France 24's Clovis Casali visited the area around the church to speak with ...

Pope Francis had earlier expressed that he wants to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, which makes him the ...

The Basilica of Saint Mary Major, a fifth-century church, has served as the burial site for seven popes. The last pope to be ...

Even in the last years of his life, despite significant health problems, Pope Francis was seen in a wheelchair praying in ...