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One of the great things about wine is that it’s different every year, and one of the confusing things about wine is that it’s different every year.

He wants to be buried at Santa Maria Maggiore

Pope Francis, who has shunned much of the Vaticans pomp and privilege, has decided to vastly simplify the elaborate funeral rites for a pontiff by being the first one to be buried outside the... -December 13, 2023 at 02:34 am EST - MarketScreener

Pope Francis has revealed that he has prepared his own tomb and wants to break with tradition and be buried outside the walls of the Vatican.

Pope Francis, who has shunned much of the Vatican's pomp and privilege, has decided to vastly simplify the elaborate funeral rites for a pontiff by being the first one to be buried outside the Vatican in more than a century.

Pope Francis has chosen to be buried not in St Peters Basilica alongside his immediate predecessors but in a basilica in Rome, he revealed in an interview broadcast on Wednesday.

The fine wine market is facing up to a bleak 2024, with no indication yet that prices have bottomed out and buyers increasingly focusing on safe bets such as mature Bordeaux, according to the latest report from Liv-ex.

The 86-year-old Pontiffs comments suggest he is set to be the first pope to be buried outside the Vatican in more than a century.

Pontiff has recently had to cancel a number of official appointments but is not planning on stepping down

Francis has said he would be open to following Benedict’s example if he could no longer perform his duties, but has said stepping down should not become a “normal thing” for popes.