{"id":289219,"date":"2025-04-24T11:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T11:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/cardinal-giovanni-battista-re-will-preside-over-pope-francis-funeral\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T11:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T11:25:12","slug":"cardinal-giovanni-battista-re-will-preside-over-pope-francis-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/cardinal-giovanni-battista-re-will-preside-over-pope-francis-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re Will Preside Over Pope Francis\u2019 Funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/22\/multimedia\/22pope-francis-dean-cardinals-hwlt\/22pope-francis-dean-cardinals-hwlt-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re Will Preside Over Pope Francis\u2019 Funeral\" title=\"Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re Will Preside Over Pope Francis\u2019 Funeral\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For fans of the movie \u201cConclave,\u201d the dean of the College of Cardinals is Cardinal Lawrence \u2014 a principled yet questioning Ralph Fiennes. The real-life dean is not a middle-aged man with sad eyes and a British accent, but a 91-year-old Italian who has spent most of his career serving in the Roman curia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The dean, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, will preside over Pope Francis\u2019 funeral on Saturday, but unlike Mr. Fiennes\u2019s character, he will not run the conclave. He will not even attend, since only cardinals below the age of 80 can cast a ballot for the pope in the Sistine Chapel. Still, Cardinal Re will play an important role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He has already summoned cardinals to Rome after <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/04\/21\/world\/pope-francis-death-news\" title=\"\">the death of the pope<\/a>, and he will preside over all the congregation meetings \u2014 the first of which took place on Tuesday \u2014 that the cardinals hold in the run up to the conclave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In those meetings, cardinals decide on the logistics of the pope\u2019s funeral rituals, but they may also give speeches and attract attention to specific issues. Some of the meetings can also set the agenda for the conclave, experts said. \u201cThe sausage of a papal election really gets ground\u201d in the congregation meetings, said<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\"> <\/em>John Allen,<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\"> <\/em>the editor of Crux, an independent online news site covering the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Before the 2013 conclave, then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio gave a speech during one of the congregation meetings that emphasized the church\u2019s duty to come out of its comfortable shell to reach people at the \u201cperipheries.\u201d The speech made a significant mark and helped Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio rise to become Pope Francis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But these meetings are also sometimes important for the dean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected pope in 2005, while he was serving as dean of the College of Cardinals. His handling of the cardinals\u2019 meetings \u2014 his ability to read the room, be respectful and keep the meetings on track \u2014 elevated his position, experts said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Cardinal Re is unlikely to be elected pope, but his role remains central in the meetings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Allen predicted that Cardinal Re \u2014 a veteran Vatican official who is regarded as an influential figure in the Vatican \u2014 would handle the meetings in a largely \u201ctraditional\u201d and serious way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHe is<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\"> <\/em>not going to make anything up as he goes along,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cHe is not going to be Ralph Fiennes from the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Once the conclave starts, the dean\u2019s role is largely ceremonial. Since both Cardinal Re and his deputy, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, 81, are too old to preside, the duty will fall on the oldest cardinal bishop among those who can vote, according to the Vatican\u2019s apostolic constitution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 2013, during Francis\u2019 election, Cardinal Re, who was then the deputy dean, filled in for the dean at the time, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, who was 85. It was Cardinal Re who asked the newly elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio which name he would choose as pope.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/22\/world\/europe\/cardinal-giovanni-battista-re-pope-francis-funeral-dean.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For fans of the movie \u201cConclave,\u201d the dean of the College of Cardinals is Cardinal Lawrence \u2014 a principled yet questioning Ralph Fiennes. The real-life dean is not a middle-aged man with sad eyes and a British accent, but a 91-year-old Italian who has spent most of his career serving in the Roman curia. 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