2023-12-13 02:00:00
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú
December 13, 2023 / 10:56 AM
In a new interview granted to journalist Valentina Alazraki, Televisa correspondent in the Vatican, and published this Wednesday, December 13 in N+Pope Francis revealed the place where he would like to be buried.
Unlike many pontiffs throughout the history of the Church, whose coffins are found in the crypts of the Vatican, in the basement of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Holy Father explained that he has his tomb prepared in the Basilica of St. Mary. the Mayor of Rome, due to the great devotion she has to the Virgin Salvation of the Roman People (protector of the Roman people), to whom she made a promise.
“And as I always promised the Virgin, the place is already prepared. I want to be buried in Santa María Mayor,” Pope Francis communicated to the Mexican Vatican on December 12, the feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
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