Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re used the homily to criticize the president, who was seated in the front row to hear it. European Editor at Large President Donald Trump may have gotten his front row ...

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.

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, 91, was born in Brescia, Italy, and has spent five decades serving in the Roman curia. In January, he became the dean of the College of Cardinals, the most senior ...

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 ...

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 ...