CARDINAL Giovanni Battista Re has spent over 50 years serving in the Roman Curia. The 91-year-old Dean of the College of Cardinals has been tasked with leading Pope Francis' funeral in Vatican City.

The dean, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, will preside over Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday, but unlike Mr. Fiennes’s character, he will not run the conclave. He will not even attend ...

At the heart of these events is Giovanni Battista Re, the 91-year-old dean of the College of Cardinals, who has been appointed to lead both the funeral proceedings and the transition process.

Cardinal's sermon highlights pope's favourite political themes Giovanni Battista Re also stresses pope's popularity 'Pope Francis truly shared the anxieties, sufferings and hopes of this time ...