Crowds of mourners waited in line on Sunday for a chance to visit Pope Francis’ final resting place in the Santa Maria ...

The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his "humble, simple and essential" life.

Franca Garbaino, president of the Slate District, which includes 18 quarries and 12 companies in the Ligurian hills ... beginning of the Novemdiales, an ancient tradition of nine days of mourning ...

Pope Francis’ wooden coffin was sealed on Friday night, in a private rite that officially ends three days of his body lying ...

There are nods to Pope Francis’ heritage in its design: the marble used for the tomb came from Liguria ... top of one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built, Santa Maria Maggiore ...

Francis will be buried beneath a simple headstone made of marble from Liguria, the Italian region ... on top of one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built and its bell tower is the ...

Marble from Liguria Francis will be buried beneath a ... St. Mary Major is perched on top of one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built and its bell tower is the tallest in the capital.