The following is the telegram of condolences for the death of His Eminence Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, archbishop emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Habana, Cuba, of the Title of Ss. Aquila e Priscilla, sent by the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin on behalf of the Holy Father Francis to the metropolitan archbishop of San Cristóbal de La Habana, H.E. Msgr. Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez:

Telegram

MSGR. JUAN DE LA CARIDAD GARCÍA RODRÍGUEZ
ARCHBISHOP OF SAN CRISTÓBAL DE LA HABANA

POPE FRANCIS, HAVING RECEIVED THE NEWS OF THE PASSING OF CARDINAL JAIME LUCAS ORTEGA Y ALAMINO, ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS OF SAN CRISTÓBAL DE LA HABANA, BEGS YOUR EXCELLENCY KINDLY TO CONVEY HIS CONDOLENCES AND HIS PATERNAL CLOSENESS TO THE CARDINAL’S RELATIVES, THE CLERGY AND THE FAITHFUL OF THIS ARCHDIOCESE.

LIKEWISE, AS HE OFFERS PRAYERS FOR THE ETERNAL REPOSE OF THE SOUL OF THE DECEASED, WHO SERVED THE CHURCH AND HIS BROTHERS IN THE VARIOUS OFFICES THAT PROVIDENCE ENTRUSTED TO HIM, HE GIVES HIS APOSTOLIC BLESSING AS A SIGN OF CHRISTIAN HOPE IN THE RISEN LORD.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE