Giovanni Batista Rey, Dean of the Cardinal College: The strong man in the Vatican after more than six decades in Korea
On January 30, Giovanni Batista turned into 91 years. The Dean of the Cardinal College in Korea was more than six decades, … Which reached Paul VI. His ecclesiastical career was a meteor, and with only 29 years, he entered the diplomatic service in the Vatican. There is a strong, past and present man. He responded to the phone in the historical call that was received in the State Secretariat of the Holy See on May 13, 1981. “They shot the Pope.” This was “unimaginable.”
He is the man who celebrated on January 5, 2023 by the funerary Mass of Beneedict XVI – headed by Pope Francis – and he will also be the person who announces the last sermon on the Argentine memory. Re, who will not be able to vote in The Conclave by over 80 years old, will take over the “Bon Pontife” tasks for the second time that opens the meeting from which the successor of Francisco and puts the ring signed by the Pope.
I saw large glasses, with Coqueto on the top of the pregnant woman. It has gray hair, penetrating look and a clear forehead. It is an easy smile and a liquid, which is easily accompanied by gesture. Unlike other prices, it does not frighten the cameras. It was he who was told in the previous domain that “what no one planned” had happened, which is the choice of Bergolio. “Such the new Pope that astonished us.”
Giovanni Batista Ri was born on January 30, 1934 in Borno, a small town in the Italian region of Bricia located in the highlands nearly a thousand meters of height, in the center of the Alps Valley in Kamuna. They have settled there since the seventeenth century. Matteo, the father of the Dean of the College of Cardinal, was a carpenter. When he died in December 2012, Pope Francis sent a telegram of condolences to the family, and several media outlets have published that who died is the Cardinal. Giovanni Batista has six siblings and one of them, Giovana, is a religious Canossian.
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The former member of the Legion of Christ, had confidence at the end of the three Pontif
Jeffani Batista was eleven years old when he entered the Brickia symposium. It was in 1945 and he just ended the Second World War. He studied philosophy and theology and entered the papal Gregorian University, where he was a doctorate in Canon Law. He was a great student, in addition to the Italian mother, spoke English and Spanish easily. On March 3, 1957, the priest was requested in the Santasimo Coro de Cristo de Pyrichia Church. In 1964 he was appointed as a secret and superficial waiter. Vescobio bishops, who worked in Nuncaature of Panama, Iran and their dates are countless. Cardinal has since 2001 and has been a decade as a group governor of bishops.
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The Pope canceled the base that established the position of the Dean of the College of Cardinal as a life. Now the state lasts 5 years and is only renewable once. In February 2025, Francisco renewed a re -re -redeemed. He loved him in the flavor after his death. In those days, he praised his sincerity and courage to express the opinions of a violation that the papacy carries, and he did so frankly and directly, instead of complaining behind him. Babted courtesy with others. This sacred week, when the Pope lacks the forces in the vigil, was assigned to reading his words. Indeed, on Monday he wrote the brief message in which the Cardinate summoned after the death of Bergolio. He sealed his signature, with a simple line and clear words. B, from Batista,
