TELEGRAMMA DI CORDOGLIO DEL SANTO PADRE PER LA MORTE DELL’EM.MO CARD. ALOYSIUS MATTHEW AMBROZIC Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per la morte, avvenuta ieri, dell’Em.mo Card. Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic, del Titolo dei Ss. Marcellino e Pietro, Arcivescovo emerito di Toronto (Canada), inviato dal Santo Padre Benedetto XVI a S.E. Mons. Thomas Collins, Arcivescovo di Toronto:
● TELEGRAMMA DEL SANTO PADRE
THE MOST REVEREND THOMAS COLLINS
ARCHBISHOP OF TORONTO
I WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO HEAR OF THE DEATH OF CARDINAL ALOYSIUS AMBROZIC, ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS OF TORONTO. I OFFER YOU, THE CLERGY, RELIGIOUS AND LAY FAITHFUL OF THE ARCHDIOCESE MY HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES AND THE ASSURANCE OF MY PRAYERS. I RECALL WITH GRATITUDE THE CARDINAL'S DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE CHURCH IN HIS ADOPTED COUNTRY. IJOIN YOU AND ALL WHO MOURN HIM, INCLUDING THE MEMBERS OF THE LATE CARDINAL'S FAMILY, IN COMMENDING HIS NOBLE SOUL TO THE INFINITE MERCY OF GOD OUR LOVING FATHER. TO ALL ASSEMBLED FOR THE SOLEMN FUNERAL RITES, I CORDIALLY IMPART MY APOSTOLIC BLESSING AS A PLEDGE OF PEACE AND CONSOLATION IN THE LORD.
BENEDICTUS PP XVI
[01212-02.01] [Original text: English]
