Long lines at Santa Maria Maggiore to visit the austere niche where the Pope has rested since yesterday. We enter Santa Maria Maggiore accompanying Sister Esperanza. Her 93 years, her fragile balance, ...

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Visitors began queuing well before the Rome church where he is buried opened at 7am. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

The faithful gather to pay their final respects to Pope Francis as his tomb is opened to the public. Cardinal Pietro Parolin ...

More than 150,000 people lined the route through Rome to visit Pope Francis's tomb and say farewell. The Pope's casket was placed in a simple marble tomb in a side aisle of the Santa Maria Maggiore ...

The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore opened its doors to the faithful at 7 a.m. this morning, allowing those who wished to ...

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Massive queues formed in Rome on Sunday as mourners flocked to view Pope Francis’s modest tomb, a day after around 400,000 ...

The tomb was opened on the second of nine days of official mourning for Francis, after which a conclave will be held to elect ...

Pope Francis' possible successor, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, held special Mass in St. Peter's Square. Francis' tomb opened to visitors at St. Mary Major Basilica.