In 2023, Pope Francis announced that he would be buried at St. Mary Major; his tomb has been prepared near the Salus Populi Romani icon. While most popes are buried at St. Peter’s in the Vatican, Pope ...

St. Peter’s Basilica, including the Vatican Grottoes (the underground crypt where many popes are buried), currently houses the remains of approximately 91 popes of Rome. This number, which is ...

Clement IX, born Giulio Rospigliosi, is the most recent pope to be buried at St. Mary Major, having been laid to rest there ...

Pope Francis stipulated that he be laid to rest at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major, where seven ... Peter and Paul and a holiday in Rome. He says in the document that he had written it ...

The burial of a pope follows a solemn and symbolic process. Here’s a guide to the declaration of death, burial site, casket, ...

London: Pope Francis will be buried in a modest grave beneath the Basilica of St Mary Major in Rome ... feast day of Saints Peter and Paul, a public holiday in Rome. “Sensing that the sunset ...

Gregory Gaston, rector of the Pontifico Collegio Filippino based in Rome, said yesterday ... last will of being buried at the Saint Mary Major basilica instead of the St. Peter’s Basilica ...

VATICAN CITY — Early Saturday morning, Pope Francis’ Coffin arrived at St. Mary Major, his final resting place. The faithful began filing out after a solemn funeral mass in honor of Pope Francis.