The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and cemeteries in, under, and around the city.

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Deep below the streets of Rome lie the ancient catacombs where early Christians buried their dead and sustained hope for eternal life. About the same time as the persecution of Decius, middle of ...

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

There have been twelve Greek Popes in the history of the papacy, with Saint Peter considered to be the first Catholic leader.

It has the same significance as the fish drawn on the ancient catacombs of Rome by the persecuted Christians. Cardona said that "before dawn, Cuban patriots in the cities and the hills began the ...

He was making a tiny pilgrimage of hope himself, just to come out on that balcony’ on Easter Sunday, the day before he died.

Great anticipation in Naples at the Chapel of the Treasury of San Gennaro, where hundreds of faithful have gathered for the ...

The blood of San Gennaro has liquefied. The announcement was made at 18:09 in the Basilica of Santa Chiara, where the ...

Until the legalization of Christianity in the Roman Empire in the early fourth century, popes would be interred in the ...