ROME (AP) — Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, ...

The coffin, originally in Francis’s residence in the chapel of the Santa Marta, had been moved to St Peter’s Basilica on ...

ROME— Pope Francis’ tomb in the Basilica of St. Mary Major has been made with materials from the Italian region of Liguria.

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of crypts, ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

Pope Francis will be laid to rest Saturday at an ancient church in Rome following a funeral​ Mass at the Vatican. Here's what ...

The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Francis's tomb has been crafted from Ligurian marble and bears a simple inscription: ...

Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full ...

More than 90,000 mourners waited hours to pay their respects to Pope Francis. It comes as the Vatican releases the first image of what the pontiff’s tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica will look like.

Archaeologists from Egypt and the U.S. unearthed the tomb of an unknown pharaoh beneath around 20 feet of sand at the Abydos archaeological site. The discovery of the tomb of an ancient pharaoh ...

Last November, we learned that Game of Thrones and Dark Phoenix star Sophie Turner had been tapped to play the new Lara Croft in Prime Video's planned Tomb Raider reboot. Phoebe Waller-Bridge ...