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Hamilton Spectator
16-05-2025
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- Hamilton Spectator
Pope Leo's fellow Augustinian brothers look forward to papacy marked by unity and focus on Jesus
GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — A new photo of Leo XIV stands by frescoes representing past papal visits to a Virgin Mary icon in the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel, commemorating where he prayed two days after being elected pope. But the new pontiff is still 'Father Bob' to the handful of Augustinian friars who serve in the basilica in a hilltop medieval village — and the tight-knit community of Augustinians worldwide. They knew Leo when he was their global leader, seminary teacher or simply fellow brother in black habits with thick belts and large hooded capes. 'With Father Robert, then Very Rev. Prior General, we have had to change the names, but Father Bob … we realize the person hasn't changed at all, it's still him,' said the Rev. Alberto Giovannetti, 78. He was born in Genazzano in the wooded hills outside Rome and entered the seminary at age 11. He remembers a day in 2001 when he was struggling with the responsibility of a new position and then-Prior General Prevost comforted him. 'He gave me courage, 'Stay calm, the less adequate you feel, the more you're fit for it,' that was the meaning,' Giovannetti said. 'I think it's what's guiding him now as well, that real humbleness that doesn't make you feel weak, but rather makes you feel not alone.' St. Augustine and brotherly leadership It's a style of brotherly leadership that was crucial to St. Augustine, who inspired the order that's found itself in an unusual spotlight ever since Leo's first public blessing from St. Peter's Basilica . 'He resolutely affirmed, 'I'm a son of Augustine, I'm Augustinian,' and this filled us all with pride. We're feeling like the pope's friars,' said the Rev. Pasquale Cormio, rector of Rome's Basilica of St. Augustine. Leo's predecessor, Pope Francis , was a Jesuit who took the name of the founder of the Franciscans . The Jesuit order is widely known for its scholarly star-power, while the Franciscans appeal to many because of the order's down-to-earth charity. The Augustinian order is a bit of a paradox — it remains as unassuming as when it was first organized in the mid-13th century as a union of mendicant orders, yet traces its origins to one of the most influential thinkers in Christian and Western culture. And now the friars are expecting that 'Father Bob' will bring some of St. Augustine's spiritual trademarks to the wider church. Augustinian spirituality 'Augustinian spirituality is founded on these words of St. Augustine — a single heart, a single soul oriented toward God, that is to say, toward unity,' said the Rev. Lizardo Estrada, who was a student of Leo's in seminary. 'That's why you can sum it up in four words, I'd say — community, interiority, charity and obedience.' For Augustinians, the foundation of a godly life is seeking truth with the help of Scriptures and sacraments, finding it as God's presence inside one's heart — the 'interiority' — and then taking that knowledge outward to help others. 'You can't adore the Lord every day, pray every day, and not find God in the vulnerable, in the humble, in those working the fields, in the Amazonian peoples,' said Estrada, who is secretary general of the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Conference. 'You can't know God inside you, have that knowledge, and stay put.' The order has certainly been on a journey — part of St. Augustine's enduring appeal is that he was a 'seeker' who introduced the concept of introspection as a way to happiness. Born in what today is Algeria in the 4th century, he embraced his mother's Christian faith during travels in Italy and went on to write some of history's pivotal spiritual and philosophical treatises. His answers to perennial questions such as free will versus predestination, true faith versus heresy, even issues addressing leadership, gender and sexuality continue to inform Western culture today, said Colleen Mitchell, a scholar with Villanova University's Augustinian Institute. The Augustinians since the Middle Ages As both male and female monastic communities started following him, St. Augustine wrote the basics of a 'rule' or the charter for an order, which was eventually assigned some eight centuries later by the pope to medieval hermits in Tuscany to form a single union. Today, the order of some 3,000 friars is active in 50 countries, with universities like Villanova in Pennsylvania and some 150,000 children enrolled in Augustinian schools. They operate missions across Africa, are growing in Asia, and run historic and artwork-filled churches across Europe, including Santo Spirito in Florence — for which a young Michelangelo sculpted a crucifix as a thank-you gift since the friars had allowed him access to their hospital to learn anatomy, said the prior general, the Rev. Alejandro Moral. 'The search for truth is very important because as St. Augustine put it, truth is not yours or mine, it's ours. And we have to engage in dialogue to find that truth and, once we have found it, walk together, because we both want to follow truth,' Moral told The Associated Press from the Augustinians' headquarters in Rome. A brother pope The large, unpretentious complex is next to the spectacular colonnade that encircles St. Peter's Square. Jubilant friars huddled at the windows cheering when Leo was announced as pope. A few days later, the pope joined them for a surprise lunch and the birthday celebration of a brother, showing the attention to fraternity that is an Augustinian point of pride. 'He puts you at ease, he has this way of being near that … always struck me even when he was prior general, and he's kept up that style as cardinal and now as pope,' said the Rev. Gabriele Pedicino, the provincial for Italy. He added that finding unity in diversity is another pillar of Augustinian thought that he expects Leo will promote. 'The diversity among brothers — I think that the pope will labor so that increasingly inside and outside the church, we can recognize the other, the different, not as a danger, not as an enemy, but as someone to love, someone who makes our life richer and more beautiful,' Pedicino said. Various friars found inspiration in the pope's motto, 'in illo uno unum' — Latin for 'in the one Christ, we are one' and derived from St. Augustine's sermons about Christian unity. He lived through times of division. A millennium later a former Augustinian, Martin Luther, broke with Catholicism and launched the Protestant Reformation. As today's Catholic Church also struggles with polarization , reestablishing a core unity centered in Jesus is a message that resonates widely. 'It's not like we're better than anybody else, we're all the same, and when we engage in dialogue, we need to realize that we need to greatly respect the other,' Moral said. 'I believe that this is fundamental to our mission — to listen, to respect, and to love. Pope Leo has this straightforward simplicity.' ___ Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP's collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Pope Leo's fellow Augustinian brothers look forward to papacy marked by unity and focus on Jesus
GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — A new photo of Leo XIV stands by frescoes representing past papal visits to a Virgin Mary icon in the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel, commemorating where he prayed two days after being elected pope. But the new pontiff is still 'Father Bob' to the handful of Augustinian friars who serve in the basilica in a hilltop medieval village — and the tight-knit community of Augustinians worldwide. They knew Leo when he was their global leader, seminary teacher or simply fellow brother in black habits with thick belts and large hooded capes. 'With Father Robert, then Very Rev. Prior General, we have had to change the names, but Father Bob … we realize the person hasn't changed at all, it's still him,' said the Rev. Alberto Giovannetti, 78. He was born in Genazzano in the wooded hills outside Rome and entered the seminary at age 11. He remembers a day in 2001 when he was struggling with the responsibility of a new position and then-Prior General Prevost comforted him. 'He gave me courage, 'Stay calm, the less adequate you feel, the more you're fit for it,' that was the meaning,' Giovannetti said. 'I think it's what's guiding him now as well, that real humbleness that doesn't make you feel weak, but rather makes you feel not alone.' St. Augustine and brotherly leadership It's a style of brotherly leadership that was crucial to St. Augustine, who inspired the order that's found itself in an unusual spotlight ever since Leo's first public blessing from St. Peter's Basilica. 'He resolutely affirmed, 'I'm a son of Augustine, I'm Augustinian,' and this filled us all with pride. We're feeling like the pope's friars,' said the Rev. Pasquale Cormio, rector of Rome's Basilica of St. Augustine. Leo's predecessor, Pope Francis, was a Jesuit who took the name of the founder of the Franciscans. The Jesuit order is widely known for its scholarly star-power, while the Franciscans appeal to many because of the order's down-to-earth charity. The Augustinian order is a bit of a paradox — it remains as unassuming as when it was first organized in the mid-13th century as a union of mendicant orders, yet traces its origins to one of the most influential thinkers in Christian and Western culture. And now the friars are expecting that 'Father Bob' will bring some of St. Augustine's spiritual trademarks to the wider church. Augustinian spirituality 'Augustinian spirituality is founded on these words of St. Augustine — a single heart, a single soul oriented toward God, that is to say, toward unity,' said the Rev. Lizardo Estrada, who was a student of Leo's in seminary. 'That's why you can sum it up in four words, I'd say — community, interiority, charity and obedience.' For Augustinians, the foundation of a godly life is seeking truth with the help of Scriptures and sacraments, finding it as God's presence inside one's heart — the 'interiority' — and then taking that knowledge outward to help others. 'You can't adore the Lord every day, pray every day, and not find God in the vulnerable, in the humble, in those working the fields, in the Amazonian peoples,' said Estrada, who is secretary general of the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Conference. 'You can't know God inside you, have that knowledge, and stay put.' The order has certainly been on a journey — part of St. Augustine's enduring appeal is that he was a 'seeker' who introduced the concept of introspection as a way to happiness. Born in what today is Algeria in the 4th century, he embraced his mother's Christian faith during travels in Italy and went on to write some of history's pivotal spiritual and philosophical treatises. His answers to perennial questions such as free will versus predestination, true faith versus heresy, even issues addressing leadership, gender and sexuality continue to inform Western culture today, said Colleen Mitchell, a scholar with Villanova University's Augustinian Institute. The Augustinians since the Middle Ages As both male and female monastic communities started following him, St. Augustine wrote the basics of a 'rule' or the charter for an order, which was eventually assigned some eight centuries later by the pope to medieval hermits in Tuscany to form a single union. Today, the order of some 3,000 friars is active in 50 countries, with universities like Villanova in Pennsylvania and some 150,000 children enrolled in Augustinian schools. They operate missions across Africa, are growing in Asia, and run historic and artwork-filled churches across Europe, including Santo Spirito in Florence — for which a young Michelangelo sculpted a crucifix as a thank-you gift since the friars had allowed him access to their hospital to learn anatomy, said the prior general, the Rev. Alejandro Moral. 'The search for truth is very important because as St. Augustine put it, truth is not yours or mine, it's ours. And we have to engage in dialogue to find that truth and, once we have found it, walk together, because we both want to follow truth,' Moral told The Associated Press from the Augustinians' headquarters in Rome. A brother pope The large, unpretentious complex is next to the spectacular colonnade that encircles St. Peter's Square. Jubilant friars huddled at the windows cheering when Leo was announced as pope. A few days later, the pope joined them for a surprise lunch and the birthday celebration of a brother, showing the attention to fraternity that is an Augustinian point of pride. 'He puts you at ease, he has this way of being near that … always struck me even when he was prior general, and he's kept up that style as cardinal and now as pope,' said the Rev. Gabriele Pedicino, the provincial for Italy. He added that finding unity in diversity is another pillar of Augustinian thought that he expects Leo will promote. 'The diversity among brothers — I think that the pope will labor so that increasingly inside and outside the church, we can recognize the other, the different, not as a danger, not as an enemy, but as someone to love, someone who makes our life richer and more beautiful,' Pedicino said. Various friars found inspiration in the pope's motto, 'in illo uno unum' — Latin for 'in the one Christ, we are one' and derived from St. Augustine's sermons about Christian unity. He lived through times of division. A millennium later a former Augustinian, Martin Luther, broke with Catholicism and launched the Protestant Reformation. As today's Catholic Church also struggles with polarization, reestablishing a core unity centered in Jesus is a message that resonates widely. 'It's not like we're better than anybody else, we're all the same, and when we engage in dialogue, we need to realize that we need to greatly respect the other,' Moral said. 'I believe that this is fundamental to our mission — to listen, to respect, and to love. Pope Leo has this straightforward simplicity.' ___ Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP's collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.
Winnipeg Free Press
16-05-2025
- General
- Winnipeg Free Press
Pope Leo's fellow Augustinian brothers look forward to papacy marked by unity and focus on Jesus
GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — A new photo of Leo XIV stands by frescoes representing past papal visits to a Virgin Mary icon in the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel, commemorating where he prayed two days after being elected pope. But the new pontiff is still 'Father Bob' to the handful of Augustinian friars who serve in the basilica in a hilltop medieval village — and the tight-knit community of Augustinians worldwide. They knew Leo when he was their global leader, seminary teacher or simply fellow brother in black habits with thick belts and large hooded capes. 'With Father Robert, then Very Rev. Prior General, we have had to change the names, but Father Bob … we realize the person hasn't changed at all, it's still him,' said the Rev. Alberto Giovannetti, 78. He was born in Genazzano in the wooded hills outside Rome and entered the seminary at age 11. He remembers a day in 2001 when he was struggling with the responsibility of a new position and then-Prior General Prevost comforted him. 'He gave me courage, 'Stay calm, the less adequate you feel, the more you're fit for it,' that was the meaning,' Giovannetti said. 'I think it's what's guiding him now as well, that real humbleness that doesn't make you feel weak, but rather makes you feel not alone.' St. Augustine and brotherly leadership It's a style of brotherly leadership that was crucial to St. Augustine, who inspired the order that's found itself in an unusual spotlight ever since Leo's first public blessing from St. Peter's Basilica. 'He resolutely affirmed, 'I'm a son of Augustine, I'm Augustinian,' and this filled us all with pride. We're feeling like the pope's friars,' said the Rev. Pasquale Cormio, rector of Rome's Basilica of St. Augustine. Leo's predecessor, Pope Francis, was a Jesuit who took the name of the founder of the Franciscans. The Jesuit order is widely known for its scholarly star-power, while the Franciscans appeal to many because of the order's down-to-earth charity. The Augustinian order is a bit of a paradox — it remains as unassuming as when it was first organized in the mid-13th century as a union of mendicant orders, yet traces its origins to one of the most influential thinkers in Christian and Western culture. And now the friars are expecting that 'Father Bob' will bring some of St. Augustine's spiritual trademarks to the wider church. Augustinian spirituality 'Augustinian spirituality is founded on these words of St. Augustine — a single heart, a single soul oriented toward God, that is to say, toward unity,' said the Rev. Lizardo Estrada, who was a student of Leo's in seminary. 'That's why you can sum it up in four words, I'd say — community, interiority, charity and obedience.' For Augustinians, the foundation of a godly life is seeking truth with the help of Scriptures and sacraments, finding it as God's presence inside one's heart — the 'interiority' — and then taking that knowledge outward to help others. 'You can't adore the Lord every day, pray every day, and not find God in the vulnerable, in the humble, in those working the fields, in the Amazonian peoples,' said Estrada, who is secretary general of the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Conference. 'You can't know God inside you, have that knowledge, and stay put.' The order has certainly been on a journey — part of St. Augustine's enduring appeal is that he was a 'seeker' who introduced the concept of introspection as a way to happiness. Born in what today is Algeria in the 4th century, he embraced his mother's Christian faith during travels in Italy and went on to write some of history's pivotal spiritual and philosophical treatises. His answers to perennial questions such as free will versus predestination, true faith versus heresy, even issues addressing leadership, gender and sexuality continue to inform Western culture today, said Colleen Mitchell, a scholar with Villanova University's Augustinian Institute. The Augustinians since the Middle Ages As both male and female monastic communities started following him, St. Augustine wrote the basics of a 'rule' or the charter for an order, which was eventually assigned some eight centuries later by the pope to medieval hermits in Tuscany to form a single union. Today, the order of some 3,000 friars is active in 50 countries, with universities like Villanova in Pennsylvania and some 150,000 children enrolled in Augustinian schools. They operate missions across Africa, are growing in Asia, and run historic and artwork-filled churches across Europe, including Santo Spirito in Florence — for which a young Michelangelo sculpted a crucifix as a thank-you gift since the friars had allowed him access to their hospital to learn anatomy, said the prior general, the Rev. Alejandro Moral. 'The search for truth is very important because as St. Augustine put it, truth is not yours or mine, it's ours. And we have to engage in dialogue to find that truth and, once we have found it, walk together, because we both want to follow truth,' Moral told The Associated Press from the Augustinians' headquarters in Rome. A brother pope The large, unpretentious complex is next to the spectacular colonnade that encircles St. Peter's Square. Jubilant friars huddled at the windows cheering when Leo was announced as pope. A few days later, the pope joined them for a surprise lunch and the birthday celebration of a brother, showing the attention to fraternity that is an Augustinian point of pride. 'He puts you at ease, he has this way of being near that … always struck me even when he was prior general, and he's kept up that style as cardinal and now as pope,' said the Rev. Gabriele Pedicino, the provincial for Italy. He added that finding unity in diversity is another pillar of Augustinian thought that he expects Leo will promote. 'The diversity among brothers — I think that the pope will labor so that increasingly inside and outside the church, we can recognize the other, the different, not as a danger, not as an enemy, but as someone to love, someone who makes our life richer and more beautiful,' Pedicino said. Various friars found inspiration in the pope's motto, 'in illo uno unum' — Latin for 'in the one Christ, we are one' and derived from St. Augustine's sermons about Christian unity. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. He lived through times of division. A millennium later a former Augustinian, Martin Luther, broke with Catholicism and launched the Protestant Reformation. As today's Catholic Church also struggles with polarization, reestablishing a core unity centered in Jesus is a message that resonates widely. 'It's not like we're better than anybody else, we're all the same, and when we engage in dialogue, we need to realize that we need to greatly respect the other,' Moral said. 'I believe that this is fundamental to our mission — to listen, to respect, and to love. Pope Leo has this straightforward simplicity.' ___ Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP's collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.
Herald Malaysia
14-05-2025
- General
- Herald Malaysia
Pope Leo XIV's prayer of consecration to Our Lady of Fátima
Pope Leo XIV, when he was bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, offered a special prayer of consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary before the pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fátima, whose feast day the Catholic Church celebrates on May 13. May 14, 2025 Pope Leo XIV, when he was bishop of Chiclayo (Peru), recites the prayer of consecration before Our Lady of Fátima. | Credit: Courtesy of Fátima Mission Peru By Walter Sánchez Silva Pope Leo XIV, when he was bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, offered a special prayer of consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary before the pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fátima, whose feast day the Catholic Church celebrates on May 13. On Jan. 7, 2019, after having requested a year earlier that the Marian image be brought to Chiclayo from the Fátima shrine in Portugal, then-Bishop Robert Prevost offered a special Mass in St. Mary's Cathedral that was attended by a large number of faithful. 'My memory of the January 2019 consecration is that the bishop [Prevost] agreed to it very easily, out of love for the Virgin. I remember that we priests were on a retreat and we asked him for permission so that we too could receive the image and consecrate ourselves, and he agreed,' said Father Jorge Millán Cotrina, pastor of Holy Family Parish in Chiclayo, in a statement to ACI Prensa, CNA's Spanish-language news partner. 'It was very moving because here in Chiclayo, the people are very Marian. The city of Chiclayo's original name is Our Lady of the Valleys of Chiclayo, which the Franciscans gave it in the 16th century,' he continued. 'The pope is devoted to the Virgin Mary, but not under any specific title of hers, although it may be the Mother of Good Counsel, whom he recently went to venerate in Italy.' However, he also celebrated Masses for 'Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Lourdes, and Our Lady of Mount Carmel,' due to the great Marian devotion of the people of Chiclayo. Regarding the election of Cardinal Prevost as the successor of St. Peter, Millán said that when he saw the announcement, he experienced 'a tremendous, indescribable emotion' and a cause of 'great joy, great peace, and a soul open to hope, because there are always little things that are confusing, and knowing that he will be there gives us a certain hope that things will be better.' 'Not because of him, but because of his personality, because of his docility to the things of God, to the Holy Spirit,' he clarified. The priest also commented that when he heard Pope Leo XIV mention his 'beloved diocese of Chiclayo' from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, 'many of us were brought to tears.' Below is the prayer of consecration that Pope Leo XIV recited before the pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fátima when he was bishop of Chiclayo: 'I, Robert Francis Prevost Martínez, make this day an act of consecration, repentance, [asking] forgiveness, and reparation to God for all the transgressions that have occurred in Peru. 'I do this before God and for those who have sought to eliminate the Catholic faith in times past and present. I ask for forgiveness, and through this act of [seeking] forgiveness, we want this consecration to be a reason to encourage us to seek in Peru the conversion and unity we so very much need, and that only comes from God. 'Through this act of repentance, [seeking] forgiveness, and reparation to God, I renew the consecration of Peru, united with the dioceses, parishes, priests, deacons, seminarians, men and women religious, and laypeople to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. 'I wish, in this way, to consecrate and surrender to God all that we are and all that we have, and receive in turn his everlasting love and protection for every person and every family in Peru. 'And let us say together, Hail Mary…'--CNA
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Pope Francis could've been paid as much as the president, but instead gave his substantial salary away to the poor and needy
Pope Francis was known for his humble ways, which began when he joined the Jesuits in the 1950s. He signed away his possessions to the religious order and took a vow of poverty, which he tried hard to follow throughout the rest of his life. Francis donated his hefty salary to charity and refused the trappings of his office, like living in the hotel-like Casa Santa Marta instead of the Papal apartments. Pope Francis was known for rejecting the salary owed to him as the powerful leader of the Catholic Church, but were he to have accepted it he would've been paid just as much as the president. The late Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, joined the Jesuits in the 1950s, and in doing so, took a vow of poverty. When he joined the largest of the religious orders in the Catholic Church, which also includes Franciscans and Dominicans, Francis had to sign over all his property and possessions to the order. To cover his living expenses, Francis received a small stipend. For much of his life, Francis lived under a vow of poverty, and even when he rose to become the archbishop of Buenos Aires in the late '90s and was technically relieved of this obligation, Francis was known for cooking his own meals, riding public transportation, and living in a small apartment instead of the archbishop's palace. So it was no surprise that once he became pope, Francis rejected the lavish salary on par with the pay of the U.S. president at around 30,000 euros per month, said Daniel Rober, a professor of Catholic studies at Sacred Heart University. Instead, he opted to have the money donated to charity and others in need. 'He's somebody who lived as a Jesuit for decades before becoming a bishop and continued to live in the style that he's been accustomed to as a religious throughout the rest of his life,' Rober told Fortune. As the conclave, which will pick the next pope, begins on May 7, it's unclear whether the next pope will choose to accept the salary he is owed or not. Unlike other popes such as John Paul II, who often took breaks to go skiing, Francis never took a vacation, Rober said. In August, when Rome empties as people take their holidays, Francis stayed put. He also never visited the hilltop Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo overlooking Lake Albano, which is often used as a summer retreat for popes, Rober said. Instead, Francis opened the residence as a museum to tourists in 2016. 'He would get some criticism for this, even from people sympathetic to him, who would say, for his own health and well being—and also to follow healthy workplace behaviors for other Catholics—maybe he should take a vacation now and then, that that might actually be healthy,' Rober said. 'But he just didn't see it that way.' Even when he became the most powerful figure in the Catholic church, Francis spurned the trappings of the office, preferring to live in the Vatican guesthouse, the Casa Santa Marta, instead of the Papal apartments. During previous pontificates, access to the pope's morning mass and the papal apartments was offered to big donors in a sort of pay-for-play situation facilitated by the pope's handlers, Rober said, but that situation changed under Francis. 'By not living in the apartment and by living very simply in Casa Santa Marta, he kind of cut off that access that people had had under previous pontificates,' he said. At the end of his life, despite his humble ways, Francis had accumulated a small sum of about 200,000 euros in his personal account, Rober said, and following his death he allocated the money to juvenile prisoners of Rome's Casal del Marmo prison. Even in death, Francis remained modest. His will stated he was to be buried not under St. Peter's Basilica—built on top of the burial site of the original pope, St. Peter, and where an estimated 140 other popes are buried—but in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, where he would pray before and after his official trips abroad. 'The tomb should be in the ground; simple, without particular ornamentation, bearing only the inscription: Franciscus,' Francis' testament reads. This story was originally featured on
