Pope Francis: condolences for passing of Card. Coppa
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis
has sent a telegram expressing his condolences for the death of Cardinal
Giovanni Coppa, a long-serving diplomat and official of the Roman Curia, who
died Monday at the age of 90. Cardinal Coppa was one of the chief Latinists of
the II Vatican Council. He wrote several volumes on St. Ambrose of Milan, the
Gospels, and the Fathers of the Church.
As Nuncio, he served in
Czechloslovakia (later the Czech Republic).
In his telegram, addressed to
the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Pope Francis
remembers Cardinal Coppa as a dedicated and pastorally sensitive servant of the
Church and the Papacy. “As Assessor of the Secretariat of State and as Delegate
for the Pontifical Diplomatic Representations,” writes Pope Francis, “he showed
pastoral wisdom and careful attention to the needs of others.” The Holy Father
goes on to say, “When he was sent as Pontifical Representative to the
Nunciature in Prague, he gave witness to a particularly intense and fruitful
commitment to the spiritual good of that nation.”
The Holy Father concludes
with promises of “fervent prayers of suffrage, so that, by the intercession of
the Virgin Mary and of St. Ambrose, of whose works he was among the foremost
students, the Lord might welcome the Cardinal – sorely missed – in joy and
peace eternal,” and imparts his Apostolic Blessing on all those who share in
suffering at the loss of so zealous a Pastor.
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