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Vatican officials shared the will left behind From Pope Francis, who describes the funeral request in detail, for hours after the PontiF has passed away from a brain stroke that led to heart failure.
“I feel that the sunset of my earthly life is approaching and with a vibrant hope of eternal life, I want to express that my testamentary will only consider the place of my burial,” the document begins.
Written in June 2022, willing detailed the Pope of burial preferences, which are different from the pontiphs from the last few centuries.
“I have always entrusted my life and a priestly and bishop’s ministry Our Lord’s mother, Mary the most holy. Therefore, I ask that my mortal remains are a holiday waiting for the day of the resurrection at the Pontifical Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, “the document continues.
Pope Francis waved believers during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, February 5, 2025 in the Vatican, the Vatican. (Vatican media via the Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
Francis said that he wanted his “last earthly journey to end up in this ancient shrine.”
The will also requires Francis to be buried in the country, “without a special decor and the only inscription: Franciscan.”
“I ask that my tomb be prepared in the hole of the passage between the Paulin chapel (chapel Salus populi novels) and the chapel of Sforza mentioned by the Pontifical Basilica mentioned as stated in the attached attachment,” the said.
He also stated that burial costs should be covered by the sum of the benefactors with whom Francis agreed.
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“I have agreed to be transferred to the papal basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, and of which I provided the appropriate instructions to the Moda. Rolandas Makrickas, an extraordinary commissioner of the Liberian chapter,” reads his will.
“Let the gentleman Give a well -deserved reward to those who loved me and will continue to pray for me. The suffering that was done in the last part of my life, which I offered to the Lord for peace in the world and brotherhood among nations, “ended.
Francis, 88, died on Monday morning in the Vatican. Dr. Andrea Arcangeli, head of the Vatican Health Department, said that the stroke put him in which he had led to the irreversible heart failure, according to an afternoon update of the Vatican officials.
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“I confirm that his Holiness Francesco (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) was born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) on December 17, 1936, residing in the City of Vatican, a Vatican citizen, died at 7.35pm, April 21, 2025, in his apartment in Domos, and Best, and Vatican City: Brain:
Arcangeli added that Francis also suffered from the episodes of “respiratory insufficiency”, as well as his recent bilateral pneumonia. Officials said the Pope also suffered from type 2 diabetes and hypertension.
Francis, who fought for a few weeks with pneumonia before release from the hospital, facing health complications For many years and half of one of his lungs, they removed when he was young.
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He was elected papacy on March 13, 2013 and was the first Jesuit to become a pope.
The last public appearance of the Pope was on Easter Sunday at St. Peter’s Square.
Fox News’ Thomas Ferraro, Alec Schemmel and Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.
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