Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per la morte, avvenuta sabato 10 aprile, dell’Em.mo Card. Edward Idris Cassidy, Presidente emerito del Pontificio Consiglio per la Promozione dell’Unità dei Cristiani, del Titolo di Santa Maria in Via Lata, inviato dal Santo Padre Francesco a S.E. Mons. Adolfo Tito Yllana, Nunzio Apostolico in Australia:

Telegramma del Santo Padre

To The Most Reverend Adolfo Tito Yllana
Apostolic Nuncio in Australia

HAVING LEARNED WITH SADNESS OF THE DEATH OF CARDINAL EDWARD IDRIS CASSIDY, I OFFER MY HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES. RECALLING WITH GRATITUDE THE LATE CARDINAL’S YEARS OF VALUED SERVICE TO THE HOLY SEE, HIS ZEAL FOR THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL AND HIS COMMITMENT TO THE PROMOTION OF CHRISTIAN UNITY, I COMMEND HIS NOBLE SOUL TO THE MERCIFUL LOVE OF GOD OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. TO ALL WHO MOURN CARDINAL CASSIDY IN THE SURE HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION I CORDIALLY IMPART MY APOSTOLIC BLESSING AS A PLEDGE OF CONSOLATION AND PEACE IN THE LORD.

FRANCISCUS PP.

[00484-EN.01] [Original text: English]

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