Solemn commemoration at the Almudena. Well done to Cardinal Cobo, well done to Cardinal Osoro, who wished to be present despite whatever may have been.
And Cardinal Rouco must have found it very gratifying that his former cathedral was packed for the event and the highly laudatory letter that Pope Leo addressed to him, which was read during the ceremony.
At ninety years of age and after two successors in Madrid, his extraordinary Madrid pontificate continues to be recognized. I, who for so many years was his faithful diocesan, express to him from the bottom of my heart my gratitude and my congratulations.