On Tuesday, April 22, the pope’s body was kept in the chapel of Casa Santa Marta ... As it crossed into the basilica, applause broke out, growing louder and more sustained.

The body of Pope Francis was transferred on Wednesday to St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will lie in state for public viewing until his funeral on Saturday. Thousands of mourners lined up outside for a ...

Kraska attended the praying of the Rosary in St. Peter’s Square on Monday evening and the procession of the Pope’s body from Casa Santa Marta to St. Peter’s Basilica. And after standing in ...

Cardinals have chosen May 7 as the date to start conclave and elect a new leader for 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, the Vatican announced.

Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, and in accordance with his wishes, has been laid to rest at the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Santa ...

Pope Francis was be laid to rest in Rome's Santa Maria Maggiore ... The burial is not being broadcast live. A rosary will be held outside the basilica, which will be open to visitors from Sunday ...

The funeral of Pope Francis will take place in St Peter's Square in the Vatican on Saturday before he is buried at Santa Maria Maggiore basilica in Rome. US President Donald Trump and his wife ...

He was transported to his final resting place in Basilica de Santa Maria Maggiore. Among those who attended were dozens of world leaders, royals and a legion of faithful from around the world.

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

The hearse carrying the coffin of late Pope Francis arrived at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Stefano Costantino / AFP) The Santa Maria Maggiore basilica ...

Pope Francis’s funeral procession will depart from St. Peter’s Basilica ... della Conciliazione, crossing the Tiber River, and continuing along some of Rome’s main thoroughfares to reach ...

But Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican, as he requested a “simple” tomb a couple of miles away in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore ...