Cardinals visit the tomb of Pope Francis, pray Vespers (Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore)
Tuesday, 29 April 2025 () Members of the College of Cardinals visited the tomb of Pope Francis on April 27, the day after his funeral, and prayed Vespers in the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, where the late Pontiff is interred (video). Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, coadjutor archpriest of the basilica, presided at Second Vespers of the Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday).
The Vatican newspaper reported that 70,000 people visited the Popeβs tomb that day.
Tourists visit Rome's papal basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the church Pope Francis chose as his final resting place. He is the first pontiff to be buried outside the Vatican walls in more than a century. Francis declared his desire to be entombed in the basilica -- known in English as the Basilica...
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Tuesday, 29 April 2025 ()
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