Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome.

Pope Francis died on Monday April 21, 2025. This story was originally published in the Washington Examiner magazine on ...

Pope Francis was the 266th pontiff having taken over from Pope Benedict in 2013. Francis made history as the first pope ...

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Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more ...