A surprising find has been made by Italian archaeologists. They discovered an Ancient Roman bath complex at the Appian Way Regional Park had been transformed into a church with a marble baptistery.

The final resting place: inside the Rome church where the Pope will be buried Pope Francis to be buried in Saint Mary Major church, not Saint Peter's basilica, in a break with tradition and sign ...

The last movement that attempted reform inside the Roman church was a so-called “Modernism”—which aimed at setting Catholicism free from the bonds of a heavy tradition.

Francis, the 266th pontiff in the church's nearly 2000-year history, was interred over the weekend in the Basilica of St. Mary Major after a funeral service that drew dozens of global leaders and ...

RUTH SHERLOCK, BYLINE: This Church of St. Mary Major is alive with visitors. Every room, every chapel is filled with people coming to see the place where Pope Francis will be buried. (SOUNDBITE OF ...