Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, has broken with tradition when it comes to where he is being laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica instead of the grottoes of the Vatican. Popes are ...

The Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, which Pope Francis chose as his final resting place, is a fifth-century church located in the centre of Rome that already holds the tombs of seven popes. Francis, ...

For his final resting place, Francis chose simplicity in a place of beauty. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome For his final resting place, Francis asked for the same simplicity with which he ...