quoting a Vatican document on the exhumation. Popes are buried in ceremonial dress and are not embalmed. However, Pope John XXIII was treated with the preservative formalin to prepare his body ...

VATICAN CITY -- The exhumed and restored body of Pope John XXIII has been placed in a new resting place for the faithful to view it. Pope John died in 1963 and his body was stored in a marble ...

Various factors are at play when it comes to the decision of a burial place for a pope. Pope Francis has chosen the Basilica ...