The Nebraska Youth Orchestra, comprised of young musicians from the Omaha Area Youth Orchestras organisation, appear at the Basilica Sant’ Andrea della Valle, famous for being the opening scene ...

Leo, formerly known as Robert Prevost, returned to the Sistine Chapel for the first time as pope this morning just hours after he emerged onto the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican to ...

No sooner had Pope Francis been laid to rest in the Roman Basilica of St Mary Major ... rumours spread by the press. Andrea Riccardi, the Sant’Egidio founder, also dismissed talk of a French ...

On Sunday, the Vatican released images showing the tomb of Pope Francis at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, also known as Santa Maria Maggiore, in Rome. After the cardinals paid their respects ...

ROME, Italy — 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 ...

The basilica houses the icon of the Salus Populi Romani and the Holy Cradle of Jesus. Built on the site of a pagan temple of Cybele, Saint Mary Major preserves the basilica’s floor plan and the ...

Castel Sant’Angelo. At the end of the 16th century, another plague that had broken out ceased when Pope St. Pius V carried the Salus in procession to St. Peter’s Basilica, furthering its ...

The Vatican said more than 90,000 people had paid their respects by Thursday evening, a day and a half after opening Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for free here.

The Rev. Andrea Conocchia, the parish priest of the ... was seen weeping in front of the pope’s open casket in St. Peter’s Basilica. Her friendship with the pope started when he was a cardinal ...

Vatican City — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter's Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher ...