The ruins of the former collegiate church of St. Mary in Walbeck an der Aller, founded after 941 by Count Lothar II as atonement for his involvement in a conspiracy against Otto I, are considered an ...

Sevilla, the capital of Spain’s southern Andalucía region, is as soulful a place as I’ve ever been. It’s a ...

In many churches, services include scripture readings, special hymns, communion and sunrise services held outdoors to represent the rising of Jesus from the tomb. Easter Sunday concludes ... Even ...

Pope Francis, as specified in his final testament, was laid to rest in Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major in a tomb ... Church. I’m curious to see what direction the church goes in.” On ...

The Vatican has released images of Pope Francis’s tomb at ... his death on Easter Monday. Francis’s will stipulated a simple burial “in the earth, without particular decoration”, marked ...

“The tomb must be in the earth; simple, without particular decoration and with the only ... Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, broke with tradition in his choice of a burial site.

The leader of the Catholic Church died Monday ... Basilica," Francis said in his will. "The tomb must be in the earth; simple, without particular decoration and with the only inscription: Franciscus." ...

Editor’s note: A version of this column was published four years ago. I hope you went to church last Sunday on Easter, and I hope you’re planning to attend church tomorrow, the Sunday after ...

Pope Francis wished to be buried in Santa Maria Maggiore with a simple tomb bearing ... Catholic Church died a day after making an unexpected appearance at St. Peter’s Square for Easter ...

His death will now open a debate about the future direction of the Catholic Church ... “The tomb must be in the earth; simple, without particular decoration and with the only inscription: ...