This was the occasion of his elevation to the rank of a Cardinal-Priest in his titular church of San Giorgio in Velabro in Rome, which the Holy Father Pope John Paul II raised to the rank of a minor basilica. This church had been closed for restorations when it was damaged by the Italian mafia.
Cardinal Stickler was a great defender and supporter of the Traditional Latin Mass.
Requiem Aeternam Dona Ei, Domine.
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