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(a year ago)Pope Francis's body will be buried at the Church of Santa Maria Maggior in Rome. He is the first pope since Leo XIII, who died in 1903, was buried outside Vatican City. Every time Francis returned to Rome after a trip abroad, he always visited Santa Maria Maggior. There is one [...]
Pope Francis's body will be buried at the Church of Santa Maria Maggior in Rome.
He is the first pope since Leo XIII, who died in 1903, was buried outside Vatican City.
Every time Francis returned to Rome after a trip abroad, he always visited Santa Maria Maggior.
It's an appropriate choice, Francesescu was especially devoted to the Virgin Mary, and Santa Maria Maggior was the first church dedicated to when it was built in the 4th century.
Pope Francis “touched the minds and hearts” and wanted “to build bridges, not walls”, said Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re, who headed the service. /Periscope
