"The place is already prepared. I want to be buried in St. Mary the Major," His Holiness said, translated to English. "It is my great devotion. My great devotion." Pope Francis, who was elected pope ...

The funeral of Pope Francis will be held Saturday, and the proceedings for his final resting place are expected to be simpler than those of previous popes. Francis will be the first pontiff in over a ...

ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his funeral on Saturday, he will be laid to rest in the Basilica of St. Mary Major ...

Tap on the blue circle to take a look at photos from the funeral for Pope Francis. 1 of 28 The coffin of Pope Francis arrives at St. Mary Major Basilica for his burial ceremony, in Rome, Saturday, ...

After his funeral on Saturday, Pope Francis will not be buried in the frescoed grottoes of the Vatican, the traditional papal resting ground. Instead, he chose St. Mary Major, a basilica on the other ...

Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, was buried Saturday at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major after dying one week ago at 88 years old. Francis, who took his name after Saint ...

Pope Francis will be buried in St. Mary Major church, not Saint Peter's Basilica, in a break with tradition. What it's like in the church Pope Francis chose as his final resting place ROME — Pope ...