Father’s funeral of Cardinal Rysia. Personal words and a symbolic return home
Cardinal Ryś presided into the liturgy in Krakow and gave a homily himself, in which he got for many personal memories. – When I introduced a casket with my dad’s body to this church, I remembered how my dad brought me and my brother Janusz for the first time to this place. There was only a dug down here then under the foundations. Dad led us here that we would take the land with a wheelbarrow, hoping that one day a church would stand here – said Cardinal Ryś, not hiding emotion. – Dad died in the hospital, he probably didn’t imagine it. He wanted to die at home. Dad, you’re at home. In the church you co -created. Here is a piece of your work, sacrifice and effort.
Paternity lesson
Cardinal Ryś remembered his father as a warm, current but not without authority. – He was always close. We ran with him in the mountains, we went to the lakes. He shortened the distance, but he never lost authority – emphasized the Metropolitan of Łódź.
Franciszek Ryś died on April 15, 2025, at the age of 92. He was buried in a family grave at the Salvator Cemetery in Krakownext to her wife Maria, who left four years earlier.
The cardinal goes to Rome
Just a few days after this personal loss, Cardinal Ryś went to the Vatican. On Saturday, April 26, he will take part in the funeral ceremonies of Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Then he will conclude as one of the four Polish electrical cardinals.
Although Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś emphasizes that he feels a novice, his name is increasingly appearing in speculation regarding the choice of a new pope. – I am a cardinal for barely two years. I have no idea what it means to be on the conclave – said the priest in an interview with journalists. « I will pray for the Holy Spirit, it’s an incredible responsibility, » he added seriously.
Cardinal Lynx. He is 61 years old and in the universal church he enjoys respect as a preacher, pastor and theologian. There are also voices that – with a grain of salt, but with recognition – think about him as « Pope of the Pole 2.0 ».
Condolences from all over Poland
At the end of the ceremony in Krakow, Bishop Marek Marczak, Secretary General of the Polish Episcopate Conference. Condolences were also given by Fr. Zbigniew Tracz, chancellor of the Łódź curia, on behalf of the entire archdiocese.
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Franciszek Ryś – father of Cardinal Grzegorz Rysia – died at the age of 92.
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Funeral mass in Krakow. Son saying goodbye to his father with a word.
