The BBC's Aleem Maqbool takes us through the life of Pope Frances, and the challenges he faced as pontiff. Crowds gather at ...

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

The Marian basilica, where the Pontiff used to pray to the Virgin before his trips and where he will be buried, has become a ...

While many popes are buried under St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, Pope Francis will not continue that trend. In December, Pope Francis said he wanted to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary ...

Pope Francis's coffin will be transferred to St Peter's Basilica for three days of lying in state, with thousands of people ...

A funeral will be held on Saturday for the pope, who changed the rules to make such ceremonies simpler than those ...

The Italian government has declared a five-day period of national mourning following the death of Pope Francis.

"I ask that my mortal remains rest awaiting the day of resurrection in the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore." Pope Francis wrote this in his will, ready as early as June 29, 2022.

ROME, Italy - The Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, which Pope Francis chose as his final resting place, is a fifth-century church located in the center of Rome that already holds the tombs of seven ...