The document was signed by Francis on June 29, 2022.
“I feel the approaching twilight of my earthly life,” the Pope the Pope says.
The pontiff asked to bury him in the basilica of Santa Maria-Majore in Rome, putting a plan to the will, which indicates the place for his grave.
“The tomb should be in the ground; simple, without special jewelry, with the only inscription: franciscus,” Francis wished.
He asked to cover the cost of burial at the expense of the benefactor.
“Let the Lord reward all those who loved me and continue to pray for me. The suffering that marks the last part of my life, I bring to the Lord for the sake of peace and the fraternity between the peoples,” says the Pope of Rome at the end of the will.
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Pope Francis died at the age of 89 in the morning of April 21 in the Vatican. Pontiff's death occurred as a result Brain stroke, coma and irreversible cardiovascular collapse, wrote Vatican News.
In February, Francis ended up at the University Clinic of Jamelli in Rome With bronchitis. Later The head of the medical team Pontiff Sergi Alfieri said that the Pope was so close to death that Doctors examined the treatment of treatment.
On March 23, Pope Francis first appeared before the flock in the Roman hospital after hospitalization, and on April 6 – on St. Peter's Square in the Vatican after discharge.
February 21, Cardinal Dzhanfranko Ravazi said that Francis can renounce the throne if the state of his health does not allow to fulfill duties. Due to prolonged use of oxygen therapy during the treatment of pneumonia, the pope had “Release the talk.”
Italian agency ANSA He writes that the funeral of the Pope should take place between April 25 and April 27. Journalists consider the most likely date of the burial of Pontiff 26.
President Donald Trump promised to arrive at the funeral of Francis in Rome.
