Pope Francis is breaking with tradition when it comes to where he will be laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica ...

Thousands of people lined up to pray at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome on Thursday, the location where Pope Francis ...

The decision by Pope Francis to break with tradition and be buried at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome rather ...

On the night of his election on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis told the assembled faithful from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica that “tomorrow I wish to go and pray to the Madonna.” And so he did, ...

The stairs to the top of St Peter’s Dome were not constructed with tourists in mind. There are 491 steps and in some sections ...