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

America had previously been dedicated to Mary on three occasions.

Here are the key things to know about the funeral of the first Latin American pontiff in the church’s history.

A volunteer at a Buffalo church has been sentenced after pleading guilty to stealing over $10,000 in cash offerings from the ...

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria ...

Even in the last years of his life, despite significant health problems, Pope Francis was seen in a wheelchair praying in ...

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

Dan Kitwood/Getty Francis visited the church more than 100 times throughout ... myself to the Mother of Our Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary," Francis wrote. "I wish my final earthly journey to ...

in addition to a focus on the saints and the Virgin Mary. The church recognizes sacraments, or important rituals and processes, such as baptism and matrimony. According to Britannica.com ...

ROME — “The Virgin Mary told me, ‘Prepare the tomb.’ ” That is what Pope Francis said Mary told him when he was discerning whether to be buried in the historic Marian church where his body will be ...

In Evangelii Gaudium (“Joy of the Gospel’”), Pope Francis said: “I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty ...