Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per la morte avvenuta ieri, venerdì 22 dicembre 2023, dell’Em.mo Card. Thomas Stafford Williams, Arcivescovo emerito di Wellington (Nuova Zelanda), del Titolo di Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti, inviato dal Santo Padre Francesco a S.E. Mons. Paul Gerard Martin, S.M., Arcivescovo di Wellington:

Telegramma del Santo Padre

TO THE MOST REVEREND
PAUL MARTIN
ARCHBISHOP OF WELLINGTON

SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE DEATH OF CARDINAL THOMAS STAFFORD WILLIAMS, ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS OF WELLINGTON, I SEND PRAYERFUL CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND TO THE CLERGY, RELIGIOUS AND LAY FAITHFUL OF THE ARCHDIOCESE. RECALLING WITH IMMENSE GRATITUDE THE LATE CARDINAL’S MANY YEARS OF PRIESTLY AND EPISCOPAL MINISTRY AMONG CHRIST’S FLOCK IN NEW ZEALAND AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHURCH THROUGHOUT OCEANIA, I WILLINGLY JOIN YOU IN COMMENDING HIS NOBLE SOUL TO THE LOVE AND MERCY OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. TO ALL WHO MOURN CARDINAL WILLIAMS IN THE SURE HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION, I CORDIALLY IMPART MY BLESSING AS A PLEDGE OF CONSOLATION AND PEACE IN THE RISEN LORD.

FRANCISCUS PP.

[01988-EN.01] [Original text: English]

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