Why will Pope Francis be buried in the Santa Maria Maggiore church? • FRANCE 24 English

Pope Francis selected his burial site at St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna he deeply revered, as it symbolizes his "humble, simple, and essential" life, according to the archbishop overseeing the basilica, who spoke on the eve of the funeral. Seema Gupta reports from Rome.
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