It was a fitting choice: Francis was particularly devoted to the Virgin Mary, and Santa Maria Maggiore was the first church to be dedicated to her when it was built in the 4th Century. It is one of Rome's four major basilicas and one of the oldest in the city. On Saturday, it will also become Francis's final resting place.

The parish priest of Gaza's only Catholic church talks about getting daily calls from Pope Francis during the Israel-Hamas conflict.

The rector of the National Shrine in Washington Monsignor Walter Rossi remembers Pope Francis as "the pope of the poor, the pope of the marginalized, underprivileged."

Oklahomans attending mass at the Blessed Stanley Rother and local priests that had met Pope Francis shared their memories of the late pontiff.

Catholics across the world, including here in Boise, are mourning after Pope Francis died of a stroke on Easter Monday. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise will host a local memorial mass to honor The Pope.