Pope Francis has already planned his funeral
- December 13, 2023
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He Papa Francisco in an interview with a TV channel, he said that he will not be buried in the Vatican grottoes, like other pontiffs, but in the
He Papa Francisco in an interview with a TV channel, he said that he will not be buried in the Vatican grottoes, like other pontiffs, but in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, where a chapel has already been prepared No more.
Francisco explained to the Mexican journalist Valentina Alazraqui that he promised this to the Virgin Mary and that for her sake burial A place has already been prepared in Santa Maria Maggiore, the papal basilica, where he often goes to pray, and before and after each trip in front of the icon of the Virgin Mary “Salus Populi Romani”, patroness of Rome.
As a Spanish newspaper reported today ABCthis is the chapel in the left nave of this basilica, next to which there is an icon of the Virgin Mary.
Because this is my great devotion. Previously, when I came to Rome, I always went there on Sunday morning, I was there for a short time. Yes, there is a very big connection here.
In the interview, the Pope also stated that, as had already happened with the Pope’s funeral, Benedict XVIyours will too funeral simple in nature.
I was with the organizers of my dad’s funeral. “We simplify them a little,” Francisco explained, adding that for him funeral it will be even easier
About him health, who suffered from bronchitis, assured that he felt “quite good”: “I feel good, I feel better. Sometimes people tell me that I am reckless because I want to do things and move. So are these good signs?
At the same time, he emphasizes that at the moment he is not thinking about resigning and that “the Lord will say so when He wants.”
“But it didn’t occur to me, and I saw the courage of Benedict, when he realized that he could not, he chose to say enough, and that is good for me as an example, and I ask the Lord to say enough, at some point, but whenever He wants.”
And for this reason, he adds, he continues to prepare trips and that “one to Belgium is guaranteed” and “there are two obviously pending trips, one to Polynesia and the other to Argentina, which are pending, we’ll see how things go.” came out, but with the phrase “I’m going to get it all back in time.”
EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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