The following is the telegram of condolence sent to the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and the Agostino Gemelli Hospital Foundation on behalf of the Holy Father Francis by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, on the death of the rector of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Franco Anelli:

Telegram

TO THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF THE SACRED HEART
AND THE AGOSTINO GEMELLI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
LARGO GEMELLI 1
20123 MILAN
HAVING LEARNED OF THE TRAGIC DEATH OF THE RECTOR MAGNIFICENT, PROFESSOR FRANCO ANELLI, THE SUPREME PONTIFF WISHES TO EXPRESS HIS CLOSENESS TO HIS MOTHER, HIS RELATIVES AND THE ENTIRE FAMILY OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE FOUNDATION. IN RECALLING HIS COMMITMENT TO THE PROMOTION OF CHRISTIAN VALUES IN THE UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT, FOSTERING DIALOGUE WITH THE NEW GENERATIONS, THE HOLY FATHER ENTRUSTS HIM TO DIVINE MERCY AND, WHILE INVOKING FOR THOSE WHO MOURN HIS PASSING THE COMFORT OF FAITH AND CHRISTIAN HOPE, HE GLADLY SENDS THE APOSTOLIC BLESSING. I ADD THE EXPRESSION OF MY PARTICIPATION IN MOURNING WITH A REMEMBRANCE AT THE ALTAR.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE OF HIS HOLINESS