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

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 ...

After Prophet Isa Al-Masihu was raised to the sky, his nation lived following his guidance, teaching, and methodology for two ...

Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it ...

For bishops and archbishops, the liturgical clothes for a funeral include the alb, a white tunic held by a traditional cord ...

Matthew 18:20 states, “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I with them.” What better way to come ...

In 2023, Pope Francis announced that he would be buried at St. Mary Major; his tomb has been prepared near the Salus Populi ...

Pope Francis’s coffin has arrived at St Peter’s Basilica, where it will lie in state for public viewings for the next three ...

Fye The Catholic Messenger Jerome Richter nearly dropped to his knees in Assisi, Italy when he realized that ...Read More ...

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

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Pope Francis — the first pontiff from the Americas, who clashed with traditional Catholics but was hailed as a reformer by progressives — died on Monday, a day after Easter, at age 88. The pope had ...