ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his ...

Francis stopped by the basilica on his way home from the Gemelli hospital on March 23, after his 38-day hospital stay, to ...

After every foreign trip, Francis would go to the basilica to pray before the Byzantine-style painting that features an image ...

Pope Francis to be buried in Saint Mary Major church, not Saint Peter's basilica, in a break with tradition and sign of humility.

Before and after every foreign trip, Francis would go to the basilica to pray before the Byzantine-style painting ... holding the infant Jesus, who in turn holds a jeweled golden book.

Before and after every foreign trip, Francis would go to the basilica to pray before the Byzantine-style painting that features an image of Mary, draped in a blue robe, holding the infant Jesus ...

Francis would go to the basilica to pray before the Byzantine-style painting that features an image of Mary, draped in a blue robe, holding the infant Jesus who in turn holds a jeweled golden book.