Here is the English translation of the homily given in Italian by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, for Pope Francis’ funeral.
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re
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Poor and powerful pray at funeral for Pope Francis, a pope ‘with an open heart’
by Cindy Woodenby Cindy WoodenPope Francis was “a pope among the people, with an open heart toward everyone,” said Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The funeral Mass of Pope Francis will be celebrated April 26 in St. Peter’s Square, the Vatican announced. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College …
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the lights of St. Peter’s Basilica were extinguished and silence settled through the sprawling interior, a single flame — the paschal candle — pierced through …
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has extended the terms of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re as dean of the College of Cardinals and Cardinal Leonardo Sandri as subdean, the Vatican …
