Throughout the ceremony, Cardinal Giovanni Re, dean of the 91 -year -old Cardinal College, was close to Pope Leo XIV. Both embraced during the sign of peace after the cardinal speaks some Eucharistic prayers.
Over 80 years old, Giovanni Re could not participate in the conclave, but still let his influence be felt.
At Holy Mass before the Conclave, he rendered his central homily, doing what seemed to be a Franciscan appeal to the valorization of “diversity.”
In his speech on Thursday (08), Re said he hoped a new pope would be chosen until that night. In a few hours, white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel.
This content was originally published in the older cardinal-bishop participates in Pope Leo XIV’s 1st Mass on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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