Santa Maria Maggiore: The church to become Pope Francis's resting place

Santa Maria Maggiore: The church to become Pope Francis's resting place

The Pope would visit Santa Maria Maggiore whenever he returned to Rome and chose it as the site of his grave.

Pope Francis Will Be Buried in Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome

For his final resting place, Francis asked for the same simplicity with which he had lived his life. In his will, which the Vatican released Monday, Francis asked to be buried “in the earth,” in a simple, undecorated tomb with only the inscription “Franciscus.” He also asked that his “last earthly journey” end at the “very ancient Marian shrine,” of Santa Maria Maggiore, or St. Mary Major, in Rome. With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Ou…

Pope Francis is buried in St. Peter's Basilica until Friday, and on Saturday he is buried in his favourite church of Santa Maria Maggiore. The archpriest Rolandas Makrickas explains what makes this church so special.

He wanted to lie in an unadorned grave in the ground, according to Pope Francis' will. As a final resting place, he chose the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. A visit.

It is one of the four papal basilicas in Rome, on the Esquiline, and one to which it was particularly attached.

Pope Francis to be buried at favorite basilica in Rome

ROME — The burial of Pope Francis will take place Saturday at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome, the Vatican announced Tuesday, as the Catholic Church prepares to lay the late pope to rest and start the process…