HOLY FATHER TO PRESIDE OVER FUNERAL FOR CARDINAL BERTOLI

VATICAN CITY, NOV 8, 2001 (VIS) - Tomorrow, November 9, at 6 p.m. at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica, the Pope will preside over the funeral Mass for Italian Cardinal Paolo Bertoli, who died this morning in Rome at the age of 93.

In a telegram to the cardinal's niece, John Paul II recalls that "for many years he was a sincere and concerned collaborator of the Holy See, especially as prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and as camerlengo of Holy Roman Church, always giving a much-appreciated witness of fervent priestly zeal and faithfulness to the Gospel."

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