Orazio Gentileschi was one of the first painters to respond to a new aesthetic bursting forth in Rome in 1600 ... models a neighbor from the parish of Santa Maria del Popolo, where he was living ...

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

Francis opted for burial in Santa Maria Maggiore, located in Rome's most multi-cultural neighbouhood. No pope has been laid ...

in the side nave of the beloved fifth-century AD church. The pontiff was devoted to the worship of the Virgin Mary and made a point of praying in Santa Maria Maggiore before leaving on trips abroad ...

Crowds of mourners waited in line on Sunday for a chance to visit Pope Francis’ final resting place in the Santa Maria Maggiore church in Rome, a day after his funeral service that was attended by ...

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 ...

By Elizabeth Dias Elizabeth Dias, the national religion correspondent for The Times, reported from palaces and churches in Rome for this article. Follow live updates on the conclave to elect a new ...

Members of Catholic women's group, Women's Ordination Conference, hold flares of pink smoke calling for gender equality in the Catholic Church and in protest of the male-only conclave, Rome, May 7 ...

The Papal procession is traveling from the Vatican to the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, a church in Rome. The basilica is about 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) away from the Vatican. Officials said ...

No pope had been laid to rest outside the Vatican in more than a century, but Francis opted instead for burial in Santa ... The church was founded in 432 and is the only basilica in Rome that ...