On 3 May 2011 Pope John Paul II was reinterred in the marble altar in Pier Paolo Cristofari 's Chapel of St. Sebastian , which is where Pope Innocent XI was buried .
According to the Vatican , Pope John Paul II 's remains ( which will not be exhumed and exposed ) will be moved from the grotto beneath St. Peter 's Basilica , where he is presently buried , to a marble stone monument in Pier Paolo Cristofari 's Chapel of St. Sebastian , which is where Blessed Pope Innocent XI is currently buried ; Blessed Pope Innocent 's remains will likely be moved .