The coffin entered the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, preceded by the procession of cardinals who will attend the private ceremony and offer a prayer for Francis later this afternoon.

Pope Francis has been buried at the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome, after his funeral Mass drew an estimated 250,000 people to St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican — including ...

Pope Francis will be taken to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore for burial. Vatican Media Live / Youtube Pope Francis delivered his Urbi Et Orbi Blessing from the balcony overlooking St. Peter ...

Francesco will now rest forever in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, among the other tombs of Pope Honorius III (who, at the request of St. Francis, instituted the solemnity of the forgiveness ...

The Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, which Pope Francis chose as his final resting place, is a fifth-century church located in the center of Rome that already holds the tombs of seven popes.

Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, was laid to rest during a 30-minute ceremony which started at 1:00 pm (1100 GMT) at the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica in the Italian capital.

About 90 popes are buried in St. Peter’s Basilica (21 in the Vatican grottoes), 22 in St. John the Lateran, seven in Santa Maria Maggiore, five in Santa Maria sopra Minerva (St. Mary of Minerva ...

Pope Francis breaks with tradition in picking Santa Maria Maggiore for burial. Pope Francis will become the first pope not to be buried under St Peter’s for almost 150 years.

The Via Merulana at Rome, extending from St. Maria Maggiore to the Lateran, crosses the land which was occupied in ancient times by the Gardens of Mæcenas. METHINKS the winds have blown away The ...

[ROME] The Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, which Pope Francis chose as his final resting place, is a fifth-century church located in the centre of Rome that already holds the tombs of seven popes.

But the last one to be buried there was Clement IX in 1669. More recently popes have usually been buried in St Peter's Basilica. One of four papal basilicas in Rome, Santa Maria Maggiore also ...