The Pope will be buried in one of the four papal basilicas in Rome and one of the five patriarchal basilicas, out of his express wish and devotion to the Vi ...

“Only through the prayers of our people, if we are close to Jesus and Mary, will we truly achieve independence.” The post On this remote isle, an icon of the Virgin Mary has endured the flames ...

In his first outing as pope, Leo XIV made an unannounced visit to a shrine dedicated to Saint Augustine in a small town ...

May is Mary’s month. Let’s begin it this year by looking at her place in the classic Christian confessions of faith, the ...

He went there principally to pray to the Salus Populi Romani, health or protectress of the Roman people in Latin, a painting on cedar wood that shows the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus. This icon was ...

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

The decision by Pope Francis to break with tradition and be buried at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome rather than the Vatican is shining a spotlight on the 5th-century basilica dedicated ...

Cardinals have performed the rite of burial for Pope Francis at his simple tomb inside Rome’s St. Mary Major Basilica.

ROME — “The Virgin Mary told me, ‘Prepare the tomb ... The late pope visited the Marian icon in St. Mary Major before and after each of his 47 international trips and after each of his hospital stays.

He went there principally to pray to the Salus Populi Romani, health or protectress of the Roman people in Latin, a painting on cedar wood that shows the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus. This icon ...

Throughout his papacy, Francis went there to pray to an icon of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus. In death, he'll lie in a simple tomb beside her chapel. NPR's Ruth Sherlock takes us there.