Pope Francis will be laid to rest April 26 at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major, in keeping with his final wishes. The decision breaks a 300-year tradition of papal burials at St. Peter’s Basilica in ...

Tomb of Pope Clement VIII. Credit: Henri Waerenburgh/Wikipedia Ippolito Aldobrandini was elected pope in 1592. St. Philip Neri was reportedly his confessor for 30 years. Known for his reforms ...

Pope Francis has also instead arranged for his tomb to be in another basilica ... Sixtus V, Paul V, Clement VIII, and Clement IX. The tradition of burying popes in St. Peter’s Basilica ...