Born on March 11, 1924 in Košice, in what was then Czechoslovakia, Cardinal Jozef Tomko was ordained a priest on March 12, 1949. He was later ordained titular archbishop of Doclea on September 15, 1979 and created cardinal during the consistory of 25 May 1985. He died in Rome on August 8, 2022, and his … Read more
Amedeo Lomonaco, my article on VaticanNews –Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the college of cardinals, celebrated the funeral of the prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, who died last August 8 at the age of 98 at the altar of the chair in St. Peter’s. At the end, as usual, … Read more
Pope Francis expresses his condolences on the death of the Slovak cardinal, remembering him as a man “sustained by a deep faith and a far-sighted gaze” who “served the Gospel and the Church with humility and self-sacrifice”. vaticannews “Dear and wise brother”, this is how Pope Francis expresses, in a telegram addressed to Monsignor Bernard … Read more
Francis expresses his condolences for the death of the Slovak cardinal, remembering him as a man “supported by profound faith and a far-sighted gaze” who “served the Gospel and the Church with humility and self-denial” Vatican News “Appreciated and wise brother”, thus Pope Francis, in the telegram addressed to Bernard Bober, archbishop of Košice, expresses … Read more