was dear to Francis because of his devotion to Mary, Mother of God. He prayed there before setting off on and returning from each overseas trip. The tomb was opened on the second of nine days of ...

The simple stone tomb displays the late pope’s ... I have always entrusted myself to the Mother of Our Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary," Francis wrote in his testament. "I wish my final earthly ...

More than 150,000 people lined the route through Rome to visit Pope Francis's tomb and say farewell. The Pope's casket was placed in a simple marble tomb in a side aisle of the Santa Maria Maggiore ...

The pope later insisted that his tomb remain simple, stressing that people should still come to the basilica dedicated to the Virgin Mary “to ... Italian region of his mother’s family ...

The sanctuary is run by the religious of the Order of St. Augustine and “houses an ancient image of the Virgin, dear to the ...

Pope Leo XIV prays at the tomb of Pope Francis in Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major on May 10, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Less than 48 hours after being elected, Pope Leo XIV got in the front ...