Tribute to Cardinal Foley: his personal memories of Vatican II

The funeral Mass for the late Cardinal John Patrick Foley will be held in the afternoon of Friday, December 16, 2011 at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in his hometown of Philadelphia in the United States.

The Cardinal was a long time friend of ours here at Vatican Radio and we interviewed him on many an occasion.

In a tribute to his memory we share with you an interview in which he speaks to Veronica Scarisbrick about personal recollections of early times in Rome .

Telling her how he arrived here the year following his ordination to the priesthood to study philosophy at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas. How his stay here coincided with an exciting time in the history of the Catholic Church: the Second Vatican Council.

In a special way the Cardinal tells of his reporting on this momentous epoch for the diocesan newspaper in Philadelphia as well as for Catholic News Service...

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