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Pope Francis attends the funeral Mass of Cardinal Angelo Sodano in St. Peter s Basilica, May 31, 2022. / Vatican Media.Vatican City, May 31, 2022 / 06:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Tuesday attended the funeral Mass of the former Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano.Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the College of Cardinals, presided at the ceremony in St. Peter s Basilica on May 31.Photographs showed the 85-year-old pope seated in a wheelchair as the Mass was celebrated at the Altar of the Chair.The pope led the rites of final commendation, reported Vatican News, the Holy See s online news portal.Sodano, an influential Vatican diplomat who served as dean of the College of Cardinals until 2019, died on May 27 at the age of 94.He had contracted pneumonia after being infected with COVID-19 and was hospitalized from May 9 at Rome s Columbus Hospital.In his homily, Re recalled Sodano s decades of service to the Church. "In his long years of service to the Holy Se.

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