Pier Giorgio Frassati, the “Saint Francis of Turin,” will be beatified on September 7, 2025. A layman of deep faith, he lived ...

St. Jacobs artist Timothy Schmalz has had a second sculpture commissioned by Pope Francis. It was installed in early April at the Vatican, just days before the Pope's death.

He will be buried outside of the Vatican in a simple wooden coffin at the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. A view of the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 26, 2025.

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis was laid to rest inside his favourite Rome church after a funeral mass in St Peter's Square, the Vatican said on Saturday.The Argenti ...

Tap on the blue circle to take a look at photos from the funeral for Pope Francis. 1 of 28 The coffin of Pope Francis arrives at St. Mary Major Basilica for his burial ceremony, in Rome, Saturday ...

The coffin of Pope Francis is carried up the steps of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore after the pontiff's funeral ceremony in St. Peter's Square, in Rome, April 26, 2025.

He articulated the mission just days after his 2013 election and it explained the name he chose as pope, honoring St. Francis of Assisi “who had the heart of the poor of the world,” according ...

The sun rises through a statue as people begin to take their seats in St. Peter’s Square, ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ...

Francis will be the first pope in more than 350 years to be buried at the Basilica of St. Mary Major. (The last one was Clement IX.) For 16 centuries, this basilica has stood sentinel.

Thousands of people poured into St. Peter's Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state for three days ahead of his funeral on Saturday.

In 1182, St. Francis was born to a wealthy family in Assisi, which rises above a fertile valley in central Italy. Praying in front of a crucifix, he is said to have heard a call to reform the church.