Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per la morte, avvenuta ieri 5 marzo, del Cardinale Edward Michael Egan, del Titolo dei Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, Arcivescovo emerito di New York, inviato da Papa Francesco all’attuale Arcivescovo, Card. Timothy Michael Dolan:

TO CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN
ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK

HAVING LEARNED WITH SADNESS OF THE DEATH OF CARDINAL EDWARD M. EGAN, ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS OF NEW YORK, I OFFER HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND TO THE FAITHFUL OF THE ARCHDIOCESE. I JOIN YOU IN COMMENDING THE LATE CARDINAL’S NOBLE SOUL TO GOD, THE FATHER OF MERCIES, WITH GRATITUDE FOR HIS YEARS OF EPISCOPAL MINISTRY AMONG CHRIST’S FLOCK IN BRIDGEPORT AND NEW YORK, HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE APOSTOLIC SEE, AND HIS EXPERT CONTRIBUTION TO THE REVISION OF THE CHURCH'S LAW IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL. TO ALL ASSEMBLED IN SAINT PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL FOR THE MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL, AND TO ALL THOSE WHO MOURN CARDINAL EGAN IN THE SURE HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION, I CORDIALLY IMPART MY APOSTOLIC BLESSING AS A PLEDGE OF CONSOLATION AND PEACE IN THE LORD.

FRANCIS PP.

[00371-02.01] [Original text: English]