Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per la morte, avvenuta questa mattina, dell’Em.mo Card. Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R., del Titolo di San Bernardo alle Terme, Arcivescovo Maggiore di Ernakulam-Angamaly dei Siro-Malabaresi (India), inviato dal Santo Padre Benedetto XVI al Vescovo di Curia dell’Arcivescovato Maggiore di Ernakulam-Angamaly dei Siro-Malabaresi, S.E. Mons. Bosco Puthur:

THE RIGHT REVEREND MAR BOSCO PUTHUR
MAJOR ARCHEPARCHIAL CURIA
KAKKANAD

I WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO HEAR OF THE DEATH OF CARDINAL VARKEY VITHAYATHIL, MAJOR ARCHBISHOP OF ERNAKULAM-ANGAMALY. I OFFER YOU, THE CLERGY, RELIGIOUS AND LAY FAITHFUL OF THE ENTIRE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES AND THE ASSURANCE OF MY PRAYERS. I RECALL WITH GRATITUDE THE CARDINAL’S DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE SYRO-MALABARS AND TO THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH. I JOIN YOU AND ALL WHO MOURN HIM, INCLUDING THE MEMBERS OF THE LATE CARDINAL’S FAMILY, IN COMMENDING HIS SOUL TO THE INFINITE MERCY OF GOD OUR LOVING FATHER. TO ALL ASSEMBLED FOR THE SOLEMN FUNERAL LITURGY, I CORDIALLY IMPART MY APOSTOLIC BLESSING AS A PLEDGE OF CONSOLATION AND STRENGTH IN THE LORD.

BENEDICTUS PP. XVI

[00466-02.01] [Original text: English]

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