He will become the first Pope since Leo XIII, who died in 1903, to be buried outside the Vatican. Traditionally, the Pope's remains would have been enclosed the day before the funeral in three ...

Pope Leo XIII, who was buried in Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran in 1903, ... St. Peter’s Basilica, where Pope Francis’s funeral will take place, ...

The basilica is the resting place of seven other popes, but this is the first papal burial outside the Vatican since Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 and was entombed in another Roman basilica in 1924.

How Pope Francis’ funeral will be different from those ... a century not to be buried at St Peter’s Basilica as the last pope who asked to be buried outside of the Vatican was Pope Leo XIII, ...

Pope Francis's funeral begins in Vatican City at 4 a.m. ET on Saturday and will end with his burial in Rome. Here's what to know about the day's events — and how Francis is breaking with tradition.

Pope Francis, at 88, was the second-oldest pontiff in modern history after Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 at the age of 93. Born in Buenos Aires on Dec. 17, 1936, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was ...

Pope Francis' funeral begins in Vatican City at 4 a.m. ET on Saturday and will end with his burial in Rome. ... The last pope buried outside the Vatican was Leo XIII, who died in 1903.

The Catholic Church has a new pope.. American Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected the 267th pontiff. He has chosen the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced.

Most popes are buried in the grottoes underneath St. Peter’s, and since Pope Leo XIII’s burial at St. John Lateran in 1903, every pope has been buried at St. Peter’s.

The last pope who was not buried on Vatican grounds was Leo XIII in 1903. ... a Mass for the employees and faithful of Vatican City at St Peter’s Square on the morning after the pope’s funeral.

The last pope buried outside the Vatican was Leo XIII, who died in 1903. How to watch Viewers can watch a livestream of the ceremony on the Vatican News's YouTube channel .