The Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, which Pope Francis chose as his final resting place, is a fifth-century church located in ...

The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is one of the four papal basilicas of Rome, along with St. Peter's, St. John Lateran, and St. Paul Outside the Walls. It stands on the summit of the ...

Miraculous location. Legend has it that the basilica's location was chosen after the Virgin Mary appeared in a dream to Pope Liberius and a Roman nobleman. In the dreams, she instructs them to ...

The legend goes that the Virgin Mary came to both Pope Liberius and an Italian aristocrat asking for the church to be constructed in her honor in a place that would be miraculously revealed.

Legend has it that this fourth century church was built after the Virgin Mary appeared in a dream to an aristocrat, Giovanni, and to Pope Liberius, requesting a house of worship in her honor.

Developer 13th Floor Investments plans to demolish two vacant historic Miami Beach hotels, The Patrician, left, and the Coral Reef. A new state law that overrides local preservation rules means ...