{"id":20269,"date":"2025-04-22T00:41:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T00:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pope-francis-left-a-last-will-and-testament-before-his-death-read-the-full-text\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T00:41:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T00:41:45","slug":"pope-francis-left-a-last-will-and-testament-before-his-death-read-the-full-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pope-francis-left-a-last-will-and-testament-before-his-death-read-the-full-text\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis left a last will and testament before his death. Read the full text."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/pope-francis-dies-age-88-reaction\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Pope Francis<\/a><\/span> used his last will and testament to detail his wishes for where he would like to be interred following his death.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of the Catholic Church <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-dies-age-88-catholic-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">died Monday<\/a><\/span> at the age of 88, just <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-death-easter-sunday-watch-final-public-appearance\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">a day after celebrating Easter<\/a><\/span> with a surprise appearance at St. Peter&#8217;s Square. The Vatican said he <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-death-health-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">died from a stroke<\/a><\/span> that caused a coma and led to irreversible heart failure.<\/p>\n<p>In the will, dated June 29, 2022, Francis wrote that with the &#8220;feeling that the sunset of my earthly life is approaching,&#8221; he wished to express his preferences only with regard to plans for his <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-funeral-stations-burial\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">burial<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have always entrusted my life and my priestly and episcopal ministry to the Mother of Our Lord, Mary Most Holy,&#8221; he wrote in the document, released by the Vatican Monday. &#8220;Therefore, I ask that my mortal remains rest awaiting the day of resurrection in the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The fifth-century church is one of the four Papal Basilicas in Rome and is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. He noted that is also where he visited to pray after each of his more than 100 trips abroad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I ask that my tomb be prepared in the niche of the side nave between the Pauline Chapel (Chapel of the Salus Populi Romani) and the Sforza Chapel of the aforementioned Papal Basilica,&#8221; Francis said in his will.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The tomb must be in the earth; simple, without particular decoration and with the only inscription: Franciscus.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unlike other popes, he did not request any mention of his papacy in the inscription \u2014 only his name.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/21\/ad94461a-9b68-4d12-910a-ce7fd2ca470c\/thumbnail\/1240x827\/b5444fbeca46da384723d381ce810db1\/gettyimages-1290475885.jpg?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa#\" alt=\"Pope Francis \" height=\"827\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass privately on the altar of St. Ignatius of Loyola in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, Dec. 8, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Grzegorz Galazka\/Archivio Grzegorz Galazka\/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He ended his will with: &#8220;May the Lord give the deserved reward to those who have loved me and will continue to pray for me. The suffering that has become present in the last part of my life I have offered to the Lord for peace in the world and brotherhood among peoples.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Full text of Pope Francis&#8217; last will and testament<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Feeling that the sunset of my earthly life is approaching and with lively hope in Eternal Life, I wish to express my testamentary will only with regard to the place of my burial. I have always entrusted my life and my priestly and episcopal ministry to the Mother of Our Lord, Mary Most Holy. Therefore, I ask that my mortal remains rest awaiting the day of resurrection in the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I wish that my last earthly journey conclude precisely in this ancient Marian sanctuary where I went for prayer at the beginning and end of each Apostolic Journey to confidently entrust my intentions to the Immaculate Mother and thank Her for her docile and maternal care.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I ask that my tomb be prepared in the niche of the side nave between the Pauline Chapel (Chapel of the Salus Populi Romani) and the Sforza Chapel of the aforementioned Papal Basilica as indicated in the enclosed attachment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The tomb must be in the earth; simple, without particular decoration and with the only inscription: Franciscus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The expenses for the preparation of my burial will be covered by the sum of the benefactor that I have arranged, to be transferred to the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and of which I have provided appropriate instructions to Mons. Rolandas Makrickas, Extraordinary Commissioner of the Liberian Chapter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>May the Lord give the deserved reward to those who have loved me and will continue to pray for me. The suffering that has become present in the last part of my life I have offered to the Lord for peace in the world and brotherhood among peoples.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<p>                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/pope-francis\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--sm\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n            More<br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n              <use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/>\n            <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/lucia-suarez-sang\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Lucia I Suarez Sang<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Lucia Suarez Sang is an associate managing editor at CBSNews.com. 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