[8][9] Karol Wojtyła, later Pope John Paul II, ministered in the church after the Second World War; it was the first church in Rome that he visited after being elected Pope in 1978.

On a Latin cross plan, the facade is covered in brick and decorated with travertine pilasters.

The interior is divided into three naves, delimited by Ionic columns; the barrel vault is coffered in stucco.

[17] The right transept has a fresco of the Madonna of Divine Love and commemorates the 1943 bombing of San Lorenzo, Rome.

The apse holds a canvas painting of Francis Xavier preaching in Goa.