BCE, the Romans began using the silver denarius as their standard form of currency. As the Republic grew in size and stature, ...

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Cardinal Carmelengo Kevin Farrell placed 12 coins in the coffin of Pope Francis before sealing it for burial. Father Emmanuel ...

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As early as 2015, Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century ...

Pope Francis will be buried with three symbolic items, with the meanings behind them now being revealed. On Easter Monday (21 April), the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church died at the age of 88.

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It may be tempting to think of the first coins ... the Roman denarius to the Spanish pieces of eight to those "Sacagawea dollars" the US minted in 2000 - can be traced back to a legendary ancient ...

The funeral Mass will likely be celebrated inside St Peter’s, because of the late winter weather, and there is also the ...

His coffin is expected to contain pontificate documents and a bag of coins, which nods to the tradition of three bags – of gold, silver and copper coins – being ... nailed shut with golden nails.

Pope Francis died at 7:35 a.m. (Rome time) on Easter Monday, 21 April 2025 at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican’s ...

When Sean Clark lost his beloved wife of 31 years to a brain aneurysm, the widower found sanctuary in scouring the banks of ...