All of the bodies discovered during the excavation so far, which began in July 2025, show evidence of being buried in coffins, investigators said.
In the dimly lit church, a Franciscan habit lay on a makeshift bier, with the Easter candle behind it symbolizing Christ’s resurrection from the dead.
Christians “cannot accept the oppression of the weak and the poor, nor the unjust structures that perpetuate conditions of dependence and injustice,” Pope Leo XIV said at his …
