Thousands of people lined up to pray at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome on Thursday, the location where Pope Francis ...

The decision by Pope Francis to break with tradition and be buried at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome rather ...

On the night of his election on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis told the assembled faithful from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica that “tomorrow I wish to go and pray to the Madonna.” And so he did, ...

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria ...

In his brief final testament, Pope Francis asked to be buried at Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major and said he had offered ...

Thousands of people had made an early morning pilgrimage to St. Peter's Square April 23 to witness the transfer and pray for ...

U.S. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, “camerlengo” or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, stands before the body of Pope Francis in ...

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Celebrate the goodness of spring with Irina Georgescu's Romanian Easter recipes Make Hélène Jawhara Piñer's recipes for ...

For more than half a century, he has devoted his life to prayer and service within the ancient ... to this mountainous island with an icon of the Virgin Mary. They were building a shelter in a cave ...

Tradition holds that Byzantine monks fleeing persecution in the Middle East in the 9th century sailed to this mountainous ...

Located about a 45-minute drive from the park’s main entrance, near Giant Forest, Crystal Cave was carved into existence over millions of years by underground streams eroding the marble. It features a ...