Long queues formed this morning behind Santa Maria Maggiore, where Pope Francis has been laid to rest. Around 400,000 faithful gathered in the Italian capital, including leaders from across the ...

More recently popes have usually been buried in St Peter's Basilica. One of four papal basilicas in Rome, Santa Maria Maggiore also holds the remains of several other renowned figures, such as the ...

Rome—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 ...

Pallbearers stand next to the hearse carrying the coffin of late Pope Francis near the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome on Saturday. (Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images) 0 min Pope Francis has ...

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 ...

He also asked that his “last earthly journey” end at the “very ancient Marian shrine,” of Santa Maria Maggiore, or St. Mary Major, in Rome. With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran ...

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 and upon his return to Rome. He declared his desire to be ...

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 and upon his return to Rome. He declared his desire to ...

ROME — Pope Francis was buried inside his favorite Rome ... was laid to rest during a 30-minute ceremony which started at 1 p.m. (1100 GMT) at the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica in the Italian capital.

This photo taken and released on April 26, 2025, by The Vatican Media shows pallbearers carrying the coffin of late Pope Francis at the end of his funeral service, inside Santa Maria Maggiore ...