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Europe’s best-kept holiday secrets, according to our experts
Tired of the same old tourist traps? These overlooked areas in Europe offer a diverse mixture of natural beauty and city ...
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The history of St. Mary Major, the basilica where Pope Francis will be entombed
Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore), one of the five great ancient basilicas in Rome, and ...
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Pope Francis, "one more" in his "place of devotion": "Choosing Santa Maria to be buried is an act of simplicity that sums up his entire papacy"
The Marian basilica, where the Pontiff used to pray to the Virgin before his trips and where he will be buried, has become a ...
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The world says goodbye to Pope Francis - the funeral of the pontiff who changed the face of the Catholic Church
The burial ceremony of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday, April 26, starting at 10 a.m. local time (11 a.m. - Romanian ...
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A look at the possible candidates who might succeed Pope Francis
Pope Francis, the Catholic Church's first Latin American leader, died on Monday (Apr 21), and a conclave will be held next ...
Italy's Serie A fixtures rescheduled due to Pope Francis' funeral
Italy's top-flight Serie A soccer league has postponed Saturday's three fixtures until Sunday due to Pope Francis' funeral ...
Pope Francis Will Be Buried in Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome
With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...
Where will Pope Francis be buried? It won't be in the Vatican
While many popes are buried under St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, Pope Francis will not continue that trend. In December, Pope Francis said he wanted to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary ...
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Pope Francis dies aged 88 after overseeing one of the Catholic Church's most tumultuous periods
From the clerical sexual abuse crisis to financial scandals in the Vatican, Pope Francis oversaw one of the most tumultuous periods in the Church's modern history. The first Jesuit and Latin American ...
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Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church who made history as a liberal reformer, dies aged 88
Pope Francis died on Monday aged 88, a day after making a much hoped-for appearance at Saint Peter's Square on Easter Sunday, the Vatican said in a statement.
The beautiful Spanish city that is one of the most walkable with 36C summer heat
EXCLUSIVE: This Spanish city is under three hours away from the UK and enjoys some balmy temperatures even in winter.
The Nazis’ obsession with the Holy Grail, the alleged relic of Jesus’ Last Supper, sought after around the world
Himmler traveled to Barcelona in 1940 convinced that the Abbey of Montserrat hid in its tunnels the chalice from which Christ ...