Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, gives a homily at the funeral Mass for Cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Nov. 27, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Homily at Holy Mass “pro eligendo Romano Pontifice”, by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re

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