"I wanted so much to come here in these first days of the new ministry that the church has given me" to seek Mary's help "to ...

The video appears to show a statue of the Virgin Mary with ... signifying his devotion to the Virgin Mary – as opposed to the Vatican. He became the first pope in history to take on the papal ...

Pope Leo XIV prayed at Francis' tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica on Saturday as he made his way back to the Vatican after his ...

Pope Leo XIV took his first trip outside the Vatican on Saturday, heading about an hour's drive east of Rome for a visit to a ...

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Pope Francis’ body lies in state at St. Peter’s Basilica before his funeral as mourners gather to pay respects to the late pope ...

The last pope buried outside the Vatican was Leo XIII in 1903 ... Before reaching the chapel entrance, there is a statue of Mary, Queen of Peace, commissioned by Pope Benedict XV in 1918 to ...

The last Pope not to be buried in the traditional 'papal cemetery' under St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican was Leo ... a golden rose at the statue of the Virgin Mary. In his autobiography Pope ...

Archbishop Francisco Escalante Molina, third left, Auxiliary Bishop Andrea Lembo, fourth left, and other priests lay flowers on a table installed near a portrait of the late Pope Francis at the end of ...

ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his ...

Pope Francis will be laid to rest in a location that reflects his humble approach to the grand office. Breaking with tradition, the pontiff, whose death at the age of 88 was announced on Easter Monday ...