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Venerdì 06.03.2015
Telegramma di cordoglio del Santo Padre per la morte del Card. Edward Michael Egan
Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per la morte, avvenuta ieri 5 marzo, del Cardinale Edward
Michael Egan, del Titolo dei Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, Arcivescovo emerito di New York, inviato da Papa Francesco all’attuale Arcivescovo, Card. Timothy Michael Dolan:
Telegramma del Santo Padre
TO CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN
ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK
HAVING LEARNED WITH SADNESS OF THE DEATH OF CARDINAL EDWARD M. EGAN, ARCHBISHOP
EMERITUS OF NEW YORK, I OFFER HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND TO THE FAITHFUL OF
THE ARCHDIOCESE. I JOIN YOU IN COMMENDING THE LATE CARDINAL’S NOBLE SOUL TO GOD, THE
FATHER OF MERCIES, WITH GRATITUDE FOR HIS YEARS OF EPISCOPAL MINISTRY AMONG CHRIST’S
FLOCK IN BRIDGEPORT AND NEW YORK, HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE APOSTOLIC SEE, AND
HIS EXPERT CONTRIBUTION TO THE REVISION OF THE CHURCH'S LAW IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING
THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL. TO ALL ASSEMBLED IN SAINT PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL FOR THE
MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL, AND TO ALL THOSE WHO MOURN CARDINAL EGAN IN THE SURE HOPE
OF THE RESURRECTION, I CORDIALLY IMPART MY APOSTOLIC BLESSING AS A PLEDGE OF
CONSOLATION AND PEACE IN THE LORD.
FRANCIS PP.
[00371-02.01] [Original text: English]