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Telegram of the Holy Father, 01.01.2025

REVEREND DON STEFANO MARTOGLIO, S.D.B.
VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
SOCIETY OF SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
ROME

HAVING LEARNED OF THE DEPARTURE OF THE DEAR CARDINAL ANGELO AMATO, I EXPRESS MY CLOSENESS TO YOU AND THE CONFRERES OF THIS RELIGIOUS INSTITUTE, AS WELL AS THE RELATIVES OF THE LATE CARDINAL. I GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR THE EDIFYING WITNESS OF THIS SPIRITUAL SON OF SAINT JOHN BOSCO, WHO FOR SO MANY YEARS DEDICATED HIMSELF WITH HUMAN FINESSE AND GENEROSITY FOR THE GOSPEL AND THE CHURCH. I THINK OF HIS PRIESTLY SPIRIT AND THE THEOLOGICAL PREPARATION WITH WHICH HE SERVED THE HOLY SEE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DICASTERY FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH AND IN THE DICASTERY FOR THE CAUSES OF THE SAINTS. I ASSURE MY PRAYER FOR THE SOUL OF THIS GOOD AND VIGILANT SERVANT WHO, FAITHFUL TO HIS MOTTO ‘SUFFICIT GRATIA MEA’, EVEN IN THE LAST TIMES MARKED BY SUFFERING, ABANDONED HIMSELF TO THE GOODNESS OF HIS HEAVENLY FATHER. I TRUST THAT, ACCOMPANIED BY MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS AND BY THE SAINTS AND BLESSEDS WHOM HE LED TO THE GLORY OF THE ALTARS, HE WILL BE RECEIVED INTO THE ETERNAL BANQUET OF HEAVEN AND I SEND MY BLESSING TO ALL THOSE WHO SHARE IN THE PAIN OF HIS PASSING.

FRANCIS