Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per la morte, avvenuta questa mattina, dell’Em.mo Card. Adam Kozłowiecki, S.I., missionario in Africa e primo Arcivescovo Metropolita di Lusaka, inviato dal Santo Padre Benedetto XVI all’Arcivescovo di Lusaka (Zambia), S.E. Mons. Telesphore George Mpundu:

TO MY BROTHER
THE MOST REVEREND TELESPHORE GEORGE MPUNDU
ARCHBISHOP OF LUSAKA

HAVING LEARNED WITH SORROW OF THE DEATH OF CARDINAL ADAM KOZLOWIECKI, SJ, I OFFER HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND ALL THE CLERGY, RELIGIOUS AND LAITY OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LUSAKA, TOGETHER WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS. RECALLING WITH GRATITUDE THE FIRST ARCHBISHOP OF LUSAKA’S SELFLESS YEARS OF ZEALOUS EPISCOPAL AND MISSIONARY SERVICE, UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH, I JOIN YOU IN PRAYING THAT GOD OUR MERCIFUL FATHER WILL GRANT HIM THE REWARD OF HIS LABOURS AND WELCOME HIS NOBLE SOUL INTO THE JOY AND PEACE OF HIS ETERNAL KINGDOM. TO ALL ASSEMBLED FOR THE SOLEMN MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL I CORDIALLY IMPART MY APOSTOLIC BLESSING AS A PLEDGE OF CONSOLATION AND STRENGTH IN THE LORD.

BENEDICTUS PP. XVI

[01341-02.01] [Original text: English]

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