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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 14 : THE DOME, WHOSE WORK BEGAN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BRAMANTE AND SANGALLO, WAS PURSUED BY MICHELANGELO AND WAS COMPLETED BY GIACOMO DELLA PORTA AND DOMENICO FONTANA IN 1590. THE DOME RISES AT A TOTAL HEIGHT OF 136.57 METERS FROM THE FLOOR OF THE BASILICA TO THE TOP OF THE CROSS THAT SURMOUNTS IT. ITS INSIDE DIAMETER IS 41.47 M. IN THE CENTER, THE LANTERN OF THE DOME, MADE BY FONTANA. IN THE CENTER OF THE LANTERNON, A REPRESENTATION OF GOD. ON THE PERIMETER IS WRITTEN: "S. PETRI GLORIAE SIXTVS V. V. A. M. D. PONTIF V. V." IN FRENCH: "TO THE GLORY OF ST. PETER, SIXTUS V, POPE IN 1590, FIFTH YEAR OF HIS PONTIFICATE." Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Where Pope Francis Has Chosen to Be Buried

Statue of Pope Sixtus V on his tomb in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (St Mary Major) in Rome, Italy on February 2025 where Pope Francis wants to be buried. Pope Francis said his tomb is ‘already prepared’ in the chapel Paolina of the Basilica. Unlike the majority of popes who have been interred beneath St Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis has reportedly made arrangements to be buried at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome's Esquilino district. The basilica, one of the four major papal basilicas, has historically been the resting place of seven pope. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore - Rome

Statue of Pope Sixtus V on his tomb in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (St Mary Major) in Rome, Italy on February 2025 where Pope Francis wants to be buried. Pope Francis said his tomb is ‘already prepared’ in the chapel Paolina of the Basilica. Unlike the majority of popes who have been interred beneath St Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis has reportedly made arrangements to be buried at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome's Esquilino district. The basilica, one of the four major papal basilicas, has historically been the resting place of seven pope. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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H.K. lawmakers-elect appeal disqualification ruling

Lawmaker-elect Yau Wai-ching appears at Hong Kong's Court of Appeal on Nov. 24, 2016, to appeal a disqualification decision made last week following Beijing's constitutional interpretation aimed at barring anti-China activists from public office. Yau and lawmaker-elect Sixtus Leung of the localist party Youngspiration were barred from the legislature after the High Court ruled against them over their failure to swear allegiance to the Basic Law. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.K. court reviews validity of two pro-independence lawmakers-elect

Sixtus Leung of pro-independence group Youngspiration arrives at the High Court in Hong Kong on Nov. 3, 2016, to attend a hearing for a judicial review launched by the Hong Kong government to challenge the validity of his status as a lawmaker-elect after he inserted anti-China wording when taking an oath of office. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.K. legislature ejects lawmakers-elect

Pro-independence lawmakers-elect Yau Wai-ching (L) and Sixtus Leung are ejected from the Hong Kong legislature on Nov. 2, 2016, after defying an order banning their entry and attempting to take the oath of office for a second time, after their initial attempts three weeks ago were deemed unacceptable. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.K. legislature meeting adjourns again over oath saga

Thousands of people demonstrate outside the legislature building in Hong Kong on Oct. 26, 2016, protesting against the separatism stance of Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Leung, two members of localist group Youngspiration. The head of the legislature called off the weekly meeting the same day for the second consecutive week as the two pro-independence lawmakers-elect defied a ban to attend and request to take their oath of office again. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.K. legislature meeting adjourns again over oath saga

Yau Wai-ching (L) and Sixtus Leung meet with reporters inside the legislative council building in Hong Kong on Oct. 26, 2016. The head of Hong Kong legislature called off the weekly meeting that day for the second consecutive week as the two pro-independence lawmakers-elect defied a ban to attend and requested to take their oath of office again. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.K. top court rejects appeal bid by pro-independence advocates

Pro-independence lawmakers-elect Yau Wai-ching (center R) and Sixtus Leung (center L) meet with reporters in front of the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on Aug. 25, 2017, after losing their final appeal against a government decision to disqualify them for failing to take the oath of office. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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HK court disqualifies 2 pro-independence legislators-elect

Pro-independence lawmaker-elect Yau Wai-ching speaks to reporters in front of Hong Kong's High Court on Nov. 15, 2016, after the court ruled to disqualify her and another pro-independence lawmaker Sixtus Leung, saying that on Oct. 12 they failed to take their oath of office properly and insulted mainland China with derogatory language in the process. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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HK court disqualifies 2 pro-independence legislators-elect

Pro-independence lawmaker-elect Yau Wai-ching holds up Hong Kong's High Court's decision to disqualify her and another pro-independence lawmaker Sixtus Leung as she is surrounded by reporters in front of the court on Nov. 15, 2016. Justice Thomas Au ruled the two lawmakers lost their seats in the Legislative Council by failing during the oath-taking ceremony on Oct. 12 to commit themselves to uphold the Basic Law and to swear allegiance to the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pro-democracy demonstrators clash with police in H.K.

Pro-independence lawmakers-elect Sixtus Leung (L) and Yau Wai-ching take part in a demonstration in Hong Kong on Nov. 6, 2016 to protest Beijing's attempts to stop a fledgling independence movement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo