Pope Francis is considered the pope of the people. Read all homily by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re.

Pope Francis is remembered as the pope of the people, a pastor who knows how to communicate with “at least the people among us” He was held at his funeral Saturday.

Giovanni Battista Re, 91, the dean of the Cardinal College, provided a long and highly personal sympathy during his service in the Vatican.

“He is the pope among the people, open to all hearts,” Re said. He drew applause from the crowd, including Francis’ constant attention to immigration, including when he celebrated Mass at the U.S.-Mexico border and headed to a refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece, and brought 12 immigrants home.

“The thread of his mission is also the belief that the church is the home of everyone, and a door-to-door home is always open,” Re said.

Francis Died at the age of 88 Monday, April 21, the day after Easter Sunday. According to him His wish – Only his name: French.

Read the full text of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re

Here is the translation text given by the Cardinal during the funeral of Pope Francis:

In this majestic St. Peter’s Square, where Pope Francis celebrated the Eucharist and presided over the last twelve years of the grand occasion, we are filled with sad hearts in prayer around his mortal remains. However, the certainty of our faith is maintained, which assures us that human existence is not ending in the grave, but in the father’s house, in the happy life, will not know endlessly.

On behalf of Cardinal College, I sincerely thank you for your existence. With deep emotion, I express my gratitude to the heads of the country, heads of government and official delegations from many countries to express our feelings, nobleness and respect for our late Holy Father.

The emergence of emotions we have witnessed in the last few days after we entered eternity from Earth, which tells us that the profound and vastness of Pope Francis has moved the mind and the heart.

Our final image of him, which will remain in our memory, was last Sunday, Easter Sunday, when Pope Francis wanted to bless us from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica despite serious health problems. Then he came to the square and greeted the crowds, riding the gathering Easter crowds on the open popemobile.

Through our prayers, we now delegate the soul of our beloved pope to God so that He can give him eternal happiness with the bright and glorious gaze of His great love.

We are enlightened and guided by the passage of the gospel, and the voice of Christ sounds, asking the first of the apostles: “Peter, do you love me more than these?” Peter’s answer is quick and sincere: “Lord, you know everything; you know I love you!” Then Jesus entrusted him to his great mission: “Feed my sheep.” This will be Peter and his constant mission.
The successors, the love provided by our Lord and the Lord, “not to serve, but to serve many, and to provide ransom for many” (Mk 10:45).

Although fragile and suffering, Pope Francis chose to follow this path of self-sufficiency until the last day of his earthly life. He followed in the footsteps of his Lord, the good shepherd, who loved sheep and thought that they had given their lives. With strength and tranquility, he approached his flock, the church of God, and noted the words of Jesus quoted by the apostle Paul: “Give more luck than receiving” (Acts 20:35).

When Cardinal Bergoglio was elected by Condave as Pope Benedict XVI on March 13, 2013, he had many years of experience in the religious life of the Jesuits and, most importantly, in the twenty-one years of pastoral ministry in the Archdiocese of Buninos Aires, he was first an auxiliary academician, then Arcish and coatjutor and Archbish and Archbish.

The decision under Francis’ name immediately showed his desire to base his religious priestly plans and styles, thus seeking inspiration for the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi.

He maintained the temperament and form of pastoral leadership, and immediately left his mark on the governance of the church through his character. He has created direct connections with individuals and people, aspiring to be intimate with all, and paying special attention to those in difficulty, without measuring himself, especially among us, the least marginalized. he
He is the pope among the people and is happy for everyone. He is also the Pope who focuses on signs of the times and what the Holy Spirit awakens in the church.

With his distinctive vocabulary and language, he is rich in images and metaphors, and he always tries to articulate the problems of our time through the wisdom of the gospel. He does this through a response provided under the guidance of the Light of Faith and encourages us to live as a Christian in recent years with challenging and contradictory circumstances, which he likes to describe as “demarcation.” He has great spontaneity and an informal way of addressing everyone, even those who are far away from the church.

Pope Francis is filled with human warmth and sensitivity to today’s challenges, truly sharing the anxiety, pain and hope of this era of globalization. He gives us ourselves by comforting and encouraging us by a message that can attract people’s hearts directly and directly.

His popularity and listening charm, combined with a way of behaving that is consistent with today’s sensitivity, touches the heart and tries to evoke moral and spiritual sensitivities. Preaching the gospel was the guiding principle of his religion. He spread the joy of the gospel with a clear missionary vision, the first time his apostle exhorted the title of Evangelii Gaudium. It is a joy, filled with the hearts of all people who are full of confidence and hope.

The thread of his mission is also the belief that the church is the home of everyone, and a home with a door is always open. After many people were injured in battles, he often used the image of the church as a “field hospital.” A church that decides to take care of people’s problems and great anxiety that tear apart the contemporary world. A church that can bend to everyone, regardless of their faith or condition, and heals the wound.

His gestures and admonitions support refugees and displaced persons. He insists that working on behalf of the poor is unchanging.

Pope Francis’ first journey was to Lampedusa, an island symbolizing the tragedy of immigration, where thousands of people drowned at the sea. Likewise, he went to Lesbos with the universal patriarch and the Archbishop of Athens, and celebrated the Mass on a trip to Mexico on the border between Mexico and the United States.

One trip to Iraq in 2021, which violates every risk, will remain particularly memorable in his 47 arduous apostolic journey. This difficult apostolic journey was the balm on the wounds of the open Iraqi people, who suffered from the inhumane behavior of ISIS. It was also an important journey of inter-religious dialogue, another important aspect of his pastoral work. With his 2024 apostle journey to four countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the Pope has reached the “most periphery in the world”.

Pope Francis always puts the gospel of mercy in the center, repeatedly stressing that God will never forgive us. He always forgives, no matter what the circumstances of the person who asks for forgiveness and returns to the right path.

He called for an extraordinary jubilee of mercy to emphasize that mercy is “the heart of the gospel.”

Mercy and the joy of the gospel are two keywords for Pope Francis.

Contrary to what he calls a “culture of waste,” he talks about a culture of encounter and solidarity. The theme of the fraternity runs through his entire character, full of energy. In his encyclopedia Fratelli Tutti, he wanted to revive the willingness of the Global Aspirational Brotherhood because we are all children of the same father. He often forcibly reminds us that we all belong to the same family.

In 2019, Pope Francis signed documents on the Brotherhood of Humanity on world peace and life during a trip to the United Arab Emirates, recalling God’s common father. Addressing men and women all over the world in his encyclopedia laudato si, he draws attention to our duties and is responsible for our ordinary houses and says, “No one saves one.”

Faced with the fierce wars in recent years, Pope Francis has been constantly raising his voice, begging for peace, calling for rational and honest negotiations to find possible solutions, Pope Francis has been constantly speaking out, begging for peace, begging for peace. He said the war caused deaths in people and the destruction of houses, hospitals and schools. War is always worse than before: it is always painful and miserable failure for everyone.

He repeated many times “building bridges, not walls”, and his service as the successor of the apostle Peter was always related to the service of mankind in all respects. Spiritually combined with all Christianity, we are here to pray for Pope Francis, and God may welcome him into the greatness of his love.

Pope Francis once concluded his speeches and meetings and said, “Don’t forget to pray for me.”

Dear Pope Francis, we now ask you to pray for us. May you bless the church, bless Rome, and bless the whole world as you did last Sunday from the balcony of this cathedral.

– The full text is published by the CBCP News Services Department of the Philippine Catholic Bishops’ Conference Committee.