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How many Popes are buried in St. Peter’s Basilica, which ones in St. Mary Major and which ones outside Rome?
St. Peter’s Basilica, including the Vatican Grottoes, houses the remains of approximately 90 of Rome’s popes. The rest are scattered throughout other places ...
How coincidence and diplomacy drove a consequential meeting between Trump and Zelensky inside St. Peter’s
Inside the soaring nave of St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, the quiet hush of world leaders paying respects to the late Pope ...
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Why Popes Are Typically Buried in St. Peter's Basilica
A fter the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, April 21st, 2025, his body was moved to St. Peter’s Basilica. Today was ...
Pope lying in state draws tens of thousands to St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican
So many mourners lined up to pay their respects to Pope Francis that the Vatican kept St. Peter's Basilica open all night to ...
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Pope Francis is buried in Rome after funeral attended by 250,000
(Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images) 0 min Pope Francis has been buried at the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome, after his funeral Mass drew an estimated 250,000 people to St. Peter’s ...
Trump and Zelensky hold war talks inside St. Peter’s Basilica ahead of pope’s funeral
US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held crunch war talks in the heart of the Vatican ...