Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the Dean of the College of Cardinals, presided at the August 11 funeral Mass of Cardinal Jozef Tomko, who died on August 8.
Following the death of Cardinal Jozef Tomko at the age of 98, Pope Francis recalled “his prayerful spirit, as he, at an advanced age, remained assiduous in the daily evening recitation of the Rosary in St Peter’s Square, giving pilgrims and tourists a beautiful and public witness of love for the Holy Virgin.