In a break from tradition and by his prior request, the pope will be laid to rest in Rome's St. Mary Major Basilica instead of in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica, where many of pope's predecessors ...

Here's why. In 2022, Pope Francis expressed his wish to be buried at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, unlike his predecessors, who have traditionally been buried at the Vatican ...

Instead, he opted to be buried in Rome’s St. Mary Major Basilica. He also chose a simple wooden casket, a far cry from his predecessors who would be laid to rest in three interlocking caskets ...

I think about this a lot. He had a cat that died…he loved his cat, and the cat was run over, and they buried the cat, buried it, and he was his child. They buried the cat in the garden ...

Pope Francis at Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in May 2013. Pope Francis’s burial breaks with recent papal tradition; most popes are laid to rest in St. Peter’s Basilica. He will be the ...

Just a few days after becoming pope, Pope Francis revealed his burial wishes upon his death. In March 2013, Pope Francis was elected during a conclave by the Cardinals of the Catholic Church ...

In the last two years of his life, Pope Francis was preoccupied with the rites and rituals surrounding his funeral. What he has planned for his burial breaks with years of tradition. https://p.dw ...

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