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

Pope Francis is not the only Pope to be buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. But he would be the first Pope in 350 ...

It is Byzantine in style and is supposed ... identified with abbreviations of their names and Mary is designated by her chief title to glory: Mother of God. Our Lady’s face is of unspeakable ...

A venerated Byzantine icon of Mary is housed in the Pauline chapel ... Santa Maria Maggiore was founded in 432, a year after ...

I’ve found myself having trouble writing about Pope Francis since his death but I feel I should. It has been hard because I ...

Hundreds of people filed past the tomb of Pope Francis from early on Sunday morning in the Roman basilica where he chose to ...