Vatican: how much did Pope Francis funeral cost?

At the Vatican, while popes’ funerals can cost several million euros, Pope Francis, who was nicknamed the pope of the poor, had expressed in his will his desire to have a much more modest burial.

So, in the interests of sobriety and cost reduction, in 2024 the Argentine Jesuit changed the rules governing the burial of pontiffs.

Thus, the three interlocking coffins in which popes were buried (one of lead, one of oak or elm and one of cypress) are now replaced by a single wooden coffin lined with zinc, reports said.

As for his tomb, Pope Francis was not one to splurge.

In his will, drawn up on June 29, 2022, the former head of the Catholic Church expressly asked that his tomb be in the ground, simple, without any particular decoration and with the only inscription: Franciscus.

As for the cost of the churchman’s burial, the bill to the Vatican should not be high.

It should be noted that the entire cost was covered by an anonymous donor.