The Vatican released on Monday (21) the will left by Pope Francis. Signed on June 29, 2022, the Pontiff asked that his burial be made simply.
In the document, The Pope also requested that the tomb be mounted on the floor and simply, without special decoration and only with the inscription Franciscus on the tombstone.
The will also predicted that the body of the pontiff be buried in the papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maior.
“I wish my last earthly trip to conclude precisely in this very antique Marian Sanctuary, where it was going to pray at the beginning and end of each apostolic journey, to trust with faith my intentions to the Immaculate Mother and to thank her for her docile and maternal care,” he said.
The Pope also worried about funeral spending.
“Expenses for the preparation of my grave will be covered with the amount of a benefactor that I destined for the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maior, according to instructions I provided to convey to the Monsignor Rollanda Makrickas, the extraordinary commissioner of the Liberian chapter,” he wrote.
At the end of his will, the Pope left a message from fraternity to the world.
“May the Lord grant the deserved reward to those who have loved me and will continue to pray for me. I offer the suffering that was present in the final part of my life to the Lord, for peace in the world and the fraternity between the peoples,” he concluded.
Earlier, the Vatican confirmed that the Pontiff was a victim From a stroke, followed by irreversible cardiovascular coma and collapse.
The details of the burial rite and the Vatican’s next steps regarding papal succession have not yet been disclosed.
