The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes over the past 1,961 years are buried in Rome, in dozens of crypts, catacombs, and cemeteries in, under, and around the city. This hole in the ...

During a hospital visit to get his tonsils out, officer Page learned terminal cancer had spread throughout his body. Suddenly, the Gulf War army veteran was facing the toughest fight of his life.

Tonsillitis refers to inflammation of the tonsils, which are two oval-shaped glands that sit at the back of the throat. Their role is to fight off bacteria and viruses that enter the body through ...

VATICAN CITY, — In a significant break from papal tradition, Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, was not laid to rest in the customary three coffins that have been used for pontiffs for ...

A humble Francis decreed in his will that he would be interred in a simple underground tomb at Santa Maria Maggiore, unlike the previous Popes who had been buried in the crypts beneath St Peter's ...

The pontiff decreed in his will that he would be interred in a simple underground tomb at Santa Maria Maggiore, unlike the previous popes who had been buried in the crypts beneath St Peter's Basilica.

Although more than 100 popes have been buried in the crypts beneath St Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis said during an interview in 2023 that he has chosen Santa Maria Maggiore basilica in Rome ...

Nearly 100 popes are entombed at the Vatican Grottoes, the crypts located beneath St. Peter's Basilica. Francis was born in 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He became pope in 2013 following the ...

Following the funeral mass, the body is then buried in a tomb beneath St. Peter’s Basilica—often in one of the papal chapels or crypts that are reserved for popes. With the pope’s passing, the Vatican ...