His funeral is being held on Saturday in St. Peter’s Square. Francis will then be buried, according to his will: in a simple ...

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Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, coadjutor archpriest of Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major, discussed the pope's decision to be ...

The funeral of Pope Francis is set to be markedly different from those of his predecessors, including St John Paul II and ...

Gifts and bribes to grease bureaucratic processes, avoid delays, and, above all, change the use of properties and cover up building abuses thanks to false appraisals, testing certificates, ...

Pope Francis is being laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony reflecting his priorities as pope and wishes as pastor: Presidents ...

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, will lead a five-member delegation to Vatican City to attend the burial of His ...

Inside the casket was a scroll that summarized the life and ministry of the pope, who died April 21 at the age of 88.

Pope Francis' deliberate choices set a new precedent that could reshape how future popes are memorialized. By discarding ornate traditions—including the use of three nested coffins and burial in the ...

Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it ...

ROME (CNS) -- "The Virgin Mary told me, 'Prepare the tomb.'" That is what Pope Francis said Mary told him when he was discerning whether to be buried in the historic Marian church where his body will ...

More than 250,000 people paid their last respects to Pope Francis over three days of public viewing by ordinary mourners, ...