San Marino is inscribed as a testimony to the continuity of a free republic since the Middle Ages. The inscribed city centre includes fortification towers, walls, gates and bastions, as well as a ...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer appear at a meeting, while they attend the funeral of ...

Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it reflects his “humble, simple and essential" life.

In an interview in 2023 with Valentina Alazraki, the Pontiff expressed his desire to be buried in the basilica, “As I always promised the Virgin and the place is already prepared, I want to be buried ...

Francis chose the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore as his final resting place and will become the first pope in more than a century not to be buried in St Peter's. Pope Francis, who died on Monday ...

Masolino da Panicale’s Founding of Santa Maria Maggiore — painted in 1428–1429 as part of an altarpiece originally displayed in the basilica and now on view at the Museo di Capodimonte in ...

A view inside the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, Italy, where Pope Francis decided he would be buried in a "simple" tomb. Seven other popes are also buried there.

A view inside the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, Italy, where Pope Francis decided he would be buried in a "simple" tomb. Seven other popes are also buried there.

The body of Pope Francis is carried through St. Peter’s Square to St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days.

Priests in St. Peter’s Basilica wait for the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) The body of ...