The following is the telegram of condolences for the death yesterday morning of His Eminence Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B., of the Title of San Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto, archbishop emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua, sent by the Holy Father Francis to His Eminence Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano, archbishop of Managua.

Telegram of the Holy Father

CARDINAL LEOPOLDO JOSÉ BRENES SOLÓRZANO

ARCHBISHOP OF MANAGUA

UPON RECEIVING NEWS OF THE DEATH OF THE MOST EMINENT CARDINAL MIGUEL OBANDO BRAVO, S.D.B., ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS OF MANAGUA, I WISH TO EXPRESS MY SORROW TO YOUR EMINENCE, REQUESTING THAT YOU BE SO KIND AS TO TRANSMIT IT ALSO THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF DON BOSCO, THE RELATIVES OF THE DECEASED PRELATE, AND THOSE WHO BELONG TO THIS BELOVED ARCHDIOCESE.

LIKEWISE, REMEMBERING THIS DEVOTED PASTOR WHO, FOR YEARS AND WITH GENEROUS FIDELITY, GAVE HIS LIFE TO THE SERVICE OF GOD AND OF THE CHURCH, I OFFER PRAYERS FOR THE ETERNAL REPOSE OF HIS SOUL, SO THAT THE LORD JESUS MAY GRANT HIM THE CROWN OF UNFADING GLORY, AND I IMPART TO ALL MY APOSTOLIC BLESSING.

FRANCISCUS PP.