Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per la morte, avvenuta giovedì 19 febbraio 2026, dell’Em.mo Cardinale Polycarp Pengo, inviato dal Santo Padre Leone XIV a S.E. Mons. Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi, O.F.M. Cap., Arcivescovo Metropolita di Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania):

Telegramma del Santo Padre

THE MOST REVEREND
JUDE THADDAEUS RUWA’ICHI

ARCHBISHOP OF DAR-ES-SALAAM

UPON LEARNING OF THE DEATH OF HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL POLYCARP PENGO, I OFFER HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND TO THE CLERGY, RELIGIOUS AND LAY FAITHFUL OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DAR-ES-SALAAM. WITH GRATITUDE FOR HIS DEVOTED EPISCOPAL MINISTRY OVER MANY YEARS TO SEVERAL LOCAL CHURCHES, ESPECIALLY HIS DEDICATION TO THE FORMATION OF THE CLERGY, AS WELL AS HIS SERVICE TO THE SYMPOSIUM OF EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES OF AFRICA AND MADAGASCAR, AND NOT LEAST TO THE HOLY SEE, I JOIN YOU IN COMMENDING THE SOUL OF THIS WISE AND GENTLE PASTOR TO THE MERCY OF CHRIST, THE GOOD SHEPHERD. TO ALL WHO MOURN HIS PASSING IN THE SURE HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION, I IMPART MY APOSTOLIC BLESSING AS A PLEDGE OF CONSOLATION AND PEACE IN THE LORD.

LEO PP. XIV

[00292-IT.01] [Testo originale: Italiano]

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