With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

A St. Peter’s Basilica burial is papal tradition, but it’s expected that Pope Francis will be laid to rest elsewhere, in ...

By Bernhard Warner Bernhard Warner spoke with mourners gathered in and around St. John Lateran in Rome. Pope Francis was the spiritual leader to more than one billion Roman Catholics around the world.