In his will, Written in 2022, Pope Francis Said: “Through My Life, and Durling My Ministry As a Priest and Bishop, I have always enracted myelf to the Mother of our LORD, the Blessed Virgin Mary. “
“I Wish My Final Earthly Journey to End Precisely in this Ancient Marian Sanctury, where I would always stop to go at the beginning and end of every Apostolic Journey, Confidently Entrusting My Intentions to the Immaculaate Mother, and Giveing Thinks for Her Gentle and Matenal Care, “He Wrote.
On his first day as POPE in 2013, Francis Left The Vatican to Pray in Santa Maria Maggiore.
Seven Popes Are Buried in the Same Basilica in Ornamented Tombs, Howver, The Argentinian Pontif Asked that His Tomb Wald Be in the Side Aisle, Between the Pauline Chapel (Chapel of Salus Populi Romani) and the Sforza Chapel, Close to a Statue Known as the Mary Regina Pacis (Mary, Queen of Paace).
“Near that Queen of Paace, to Whom I have always turned for help and white embrace I have sung more than a hhan a hundred times Durling My Pontificate,” He Explained in his Will.
The POPE AlSo Asked that His Tomb Welf Be in the Ground, Simple and Bearing Only The Inscription “Franciscus”, The Latin Version of His Chosen Name.
