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Pope Francis left a last will and testament before his death. Read the full text.

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Pope Francis wrote that with the "feeling that the sunset of my earthly life is approaching," he wished to express his preferences only with regard to plans for his burial.

"I ask that my mortal remains rest awaiting the day of resurrection in the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore ," he wrote.

The tomb must be in the earth; simple, without particular decoration and with the only inscription: Franciscus .

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