"I miss his smile, his spontaneous jokes and his simple advice that will last a lifetime," said Krajewski in his sermon on Wednesday.
The almoner paid tribute to Francis as a Pope who was always guided by the logic of the Gospel.
When making decisions, he was guided by the question of what Jesus would have done in his place, said the cardinal, who, as Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, holds the office of Social Envoy in the Vatican. That is why being close to the poor was particularly important to him.
In this context, Krajewski told of "difficult to understand" letters that Francis sent to the alms office - with the comment: "You know what to do."
When Krajewski then asked him what should be done, the Pope's answer was: "Solve all your problems according to the Gospel".
"Do you want to have a coffee?"
Krajewski also recalled that he regularly brought homeless people to him before the Pope's trips: "Before he left, he always wanted to see the poor of Santa Marta again. I travelled around the basilica in the minibus and came to the people who had just woken up. I asked: 'Do you want to have a coffee? And then took them to the Pope."
The service was celebrated together with Cardinal Artur Roche, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship, and the Polish Archbishop Grzegorz Ryś in the chapel of Casa Santa Marta, where Francis had lived from the beginning of his pontificate until his death on Easter Monday.