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Why did Pope Francis choose the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore for his final resting place?
Francis has broken with recent papal tradition by choosing to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore instead of St Peter’s Basilica. His decision is steeped in personal piety, history and Jesuit values.
MOURNERS are getting their final sightings of Pope Francis’s body before his modest burial, with his open coffin set to be ...
Pope Francis’ wooden coffin will be sealed on Friday night, in a private rite that officially ends three days of his body ...
The Vatican is grieving the first head of the Catholic Church from the Americas and Saturday marks the beginning of the ...
With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...
Pope Francis succumbed to a stroke and irreversible cardiovascular collapse on Easter Monday and will be laid to rest at the ...
Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria ...
Italy has declared five days of national mourning following the death of Pope Francis. This was decided by the cabinet of ...
The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his “humble, simple and essential" life ...
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