ROME (AP) — Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the ... Makrickas called it “a treasure chest of art and spirituality.” ...

The back wall of the shrine’s Basilica of the Holy Trinity is covered ... Rupnik and his collaborators through his Rome-based art and theology center, the Centro Aletti. At least 230 religious ...

Under the floor of the altar area, they uncovered the remains of a Romanesque basilica that had previously ... foundations ...