Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio inviato dal Santo Padre in occasione della scomparsa di Lord Donald Coggan, già Arcivescovo di Canterbury:

THE MOST REVEREND AND RIGHT HONOURABLE

GEORGE LEONARD CAREY

ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

HAVING RECEIVED THE SAD NEWS OF THE DEATH OF LORD COGGAN, FORMER ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, I OFFER MY CONDOLENCES TO YOUR GRACE AND TO THE ANGLICAN COMMUNITY AND I JOIN YOU IN COMMENDING YOUR PREDECESSOR'S NOBLE SOUL TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER'S ETERNAL LOVE. REMEMBERING ARCHBISHOP COGGAN'S PRESENCE AT THE CEREMONY OF INAUGURATION OF MY OWN PONTIFICATE, I THANK GOD FOR HIS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO ANGLICAN-CATHOLIC RELATIONS. MAY THE MEMORY OF THE LATE ARCHBISHOP INSPIRE US TO TRUST THAT ‘HE WHO BEGAN A GOOD WORK IN US WILL BRING IT TO COMPLETION AT THE DAY OF JESUS CHRIST' (CF. PHIL 1:6).

IOANNES PAULUS PP. II

[01155-02.03] [Original text:English]