Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re presides over the first Mass of the Easter week in the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re presides over the first Mass of the Easter week in the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica, March 24, 2005. Re, who stood in for Pope John Paul at a Holy Thursday ceremony at the Vatican, said the ailing Pontiff was "serenely abandoning" himself to God's will. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi PP05040047