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The pope’s burial site, at his request, is the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, one of the four papal basilicas in Rome. He ...
In a break from tradition, Pope Francis has been laid to rest at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, rather than St.
Pope Francis was buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, his favourite church in Rome, on Saturday afternoon, after a two ...
Pope Francis's funeral begins at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. Eastern, 1 a.m. Pacific) at the Vatican, outside St. Peter's ...
The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his "humble, simple and essential" life.
Pope Francis was laid to rest in a simple tomb at St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, marking the end of his funeral on Saturday, April 26 ...
In 2023, Pope Francis announced that he would be buried at St. Mary Major; his tomb has been prepared near the Salus Populi ...
Watch ABC News' live coverage of the funeral for Pope Francis today starting at 12:30 a.m. PT / 3:30 a.m. ET on ABC stations and streaming on ABC News Live, Disney+ and Hulu. From where it will take ...
Thousands of people lined up to pray at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome on Thursday, the location where Pope Francis ...
True to Francis’s humble wishes, he was not interred beneath St Peter’s Basilica with full papal pomp, but entombed in a ...
Cardinals have performed the rite of burial for Pope Francis at his simple tomb inside Rome’s St. Mary Major Basilica.