On Friday afternoon, Pope Leo XIV presided over the funeral Mass for Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica. Cardinal Tscherrig, former apostolic nuncio and the first non-Italian nuncio to Italy and San Marino, died Tuesday at the age of 79. Born in Switzerland in 1947 and ordained to the priesthood in 1974, he entered the Holy See’s diplomatic service in 1978 and served in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Argentina, and Europe. Pope Francis created him a card

Fr. Mike Schmitz's full speech at the National Eucharistic Congress