Cardinal Parolin presides at funeral for Msgr. Stefan Stocker

(Vatican Radio) The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Wednesday presided at the funeral Mass for Msgr. Stefan Stocker, a Vatican diplomat at the Second Section of the Secretariat of State.

The 55-year-old Swiss priest died on Sunday after suffering a heart attack during a mountain hike near Subiaco, a town in the Province of Rome.

Monsignor Stocker was involved in the preparation for the two papal trips of Pope Benedict to Germany, Cologne in 2005 and Bavaria in 2006.

The funeral took place in the chapel of the Governorate Palace of Vatican City State.