"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me," sang Paul McCartney in the enduring 1970 Beatles' anthem, ...

The figure aligns with the government's annual growth target of around 5% this year ...

Lay apostolate of the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception has spread to more than 45 countries.

Dozens of cardinals on Sunday afternoon journeyed across Rome to visit the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, where Pope Francis ...

The chapel next to where Francis was being buried is home to a Byzantine-style icon of the Madonna, the Salus Populi Romani.

ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his ...

Pope Francis’ tomb is made of Ligurian (Italian) marble with the sole inscription “FRANCISCUS” and a reproduction of his ...

In 2023, Pope Francis announced that he would be buried at St. Mary Major; his tomb has been prepared near the Salus Populi Romani icon. While most popes are buried at St. Peter’s in the Vatican, Pope ...

Senior Vatican Cardinal Pietro Parolin led a rosary prayer at the St Mary Major Basilica in Rome on Tuesday evening, ...

Rooted in ancient Christian and Roman customs, the Novendiales is a period of nine consecutive days dedicated to mourning the ...

A doorway to the left of a confessional is seen in Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major March 31, 2025. In his autobiography, ...

Pope Francis called for prayers "for the joy of priests" during his homily at the Holy Thursday Chrism Mass in St Peter's, which was read by Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, President Emeritus of the ...