The following is the telegram of condolences for the death on 3 September in Colombia of His Eminence Cardinal José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, of the Title of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto, archbishop emeritus of Manizales, sent by the Holy Father Francis to Archbishop Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo:

Telegram of the Holy Father

ARCHBISHOP GONZALO RESTREPO RESTREPO
OF MANIZALES

I HAVE RECEIVED WITH SORROW THE NEWS OF THE DEATH OF CARDINAL JOSÉ DE JESÚS PIMIENTO RODRÍGUEZ, ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS OF MANIZALES, AND I EXPRESS TO YOUR EXCELLENCY MY FEELING OF SORROW, AND BEG YOU TO CONVEY THIS TO THE RELATIVES OF THE LATE PRELATE AND TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE PART OF THE ARCHDIOCESE.

LIKEWISE, IN REMEMBERING THIS CENTENARIAN PASTOR WHO GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND TO THE CHURCH, WORKING COURAGEOUSLY FOR PEACE AND THE COMMON GOOD, I OFFER PRAYERS FOR THE ETERNAL REPOSE OF HIS SOUL, SO THAT THE LORD JESUS MAY GRANT HIM ENTRY INTO THE ETERNAL ABODE, AND I IMPART THE APOSTOLIC BLESSING TO ALL.

FRANCISCUS PP.