Rome—The Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, which Pope Francis chose as his final resting place, is a fifth-century church ...

Grief and tributes for Pope Francis were shared around the world Tuesday, a day after the popular pontiff died at age 88.

Its grottoes contain the remains of popes past, and its vast marbled interior is home to some ... gathered for a mass at the Manila Cathedral on Tuesday, remembering the pope’s outreach to ...