VATICAN CITY — On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pope St. John Paul II on May 18, Pope Francis will offer his morning Mass at the Polish pope’s tomb in St. Peter’s Basilica, according ...

Vatican City, Apr 12, 2005 / 22:00 pm. Early this morning, the Vatican reopened the grottoes beneath St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time since the death of Pope John Paul II.

Polish Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz prays at the new tomb of late Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 3. (photo: CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters) ...

The Vatican says the public can visit Pope Benedict XVI's tomb, ... St. John Paul II. John Paul’s remains were moved up to a chapel on the main floor of the basilica following his 2011 ...

The remains were placed in the former tomb of Benedict's predecessor, St. John Paul II. John Paul's remains were moved up to a chapel on the main floor of the basilica following his 2011 ...

People pray at the tomb of St. John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 2, 2025, the 20th anniversary of his death. Born Karol Wojtyla, he was the first pope from Poland and the ...