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Cardinal Makrickas explains why pope chose to be buried in St. Mary Major Basilica

(25 Apr 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Vatican City - 25 April 2025 1. Various top shots of St. Mary Major Basilica 2. Archbishop Rolandas Makrickas walking outside St. Mary Major Basilica 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Archbishop Rolandas Makrickas: “It was 20th of May the same year (2022) he called me. It was 3pm in Santa Marta, he told ‘Mary told me prepare your tomb,’ and he added that ‘I’m very glad that Mary didn't forget me.’ And (he) asked to find the right place where his tomb can be. And at the beginning he immediately told me that he don’t want to be buried in the chapel because chapel is for celebrations, for the Eucharist, and especially for the icon of the Salus Populi Romani and people should come here to pray and venerate Mary and not look to the tomb of pope, for that reason he wanted the tomb to be somewhere in the basilica but not in the chapel.” 4. Close of statue of Mary on top of the basilica 5. Wide of Basilica 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Archbishop Rolandas Makrickas: “And we found a place which is between the chapel of Salus Populi Romani and the chapel of Sforza (family), and it used to be a place where, used for different services of the basilica, a small room, and close to this place you will see there is first altar and this side is dedicated to St. Francis, so this place for Pope Francis looked very suitable and perfect for his tomb.” 7. Close of ancient papal shield on the facade of the basilica 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Archbishop Rolandas Makrickas: “He asked that the tomb should be simple and essential things, and respects his life, humble, simple and essential. And for that reason the tomb is not big, a great piece of art, but very essential and very simple. We can see there will be only one inscription: the pope’s name ‘Franciscus.’ After it will be this cross he was wearing as a pope and as a bishop, and after, the marble is a stone from Liguria (region) which is the land of his grandparents, and so the tomb is very essential.” 9. Close of Vatican flag on the wall of St. Mary Major basilica 10. Top shot of St. Mary Major basilica STORYLINE: Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it reflects his “humble, simple and essential’’ life, the archbishop who administers the basilica told reporters on Friday. Francis, who died Monday at age 88, will be buried in a niche tomb in the basilica on Saturday after his funeral in St. Peter's Square about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) away. Francis initially demurred when Archbishop Rolandas Makrickas suggested in May 2022 that he choose St. Mary Major as his last resting place. Makrickas had identified it because of Francis' long association with the basilica, its ties to Francis’ Jesuit order, its artistic and spiritual heritage and links to the papacy. Seven other popes are buried there, but none since 1669. At first, “he said no because popes are buried in St. Peter's,’’ Makrickas told reporters on the steps of the basilica. “After a week, he called me to (his home at the Vatican) Santa Marta and he said: ‘Prepare my tomb.’’’ The pope later insisted that his tomb remain simple, even innocuous, insisting that people should still come to the basilica dedicated to the Virgin Mary “to venerate the Madonna, not to see the tomb of a pope,’’ Makrickas said. The tomb is placed in a niche next to the chapel where the Salus Populi Romani icon that the pope revered is located, and in a part of the basilica that was once a door to an adjacent palace where four popes lived. AP video by Srdjan Nedeljkovic Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...