Pope speaks at end of Mass for Card Sodano's 90th
birthday
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis offered
greetings to Cardinal Angelo Sodano on Thursday morning,
following a Mass celebrated in honour of the Cardinal’s 90th birthday.
In off-the-cuff remarks, the Holy Father said we should
always give thanks to God for the gifts we have received – but this duty of
thanksgiving is felt more strongly on significant anniversaries.
Pope Francis said that although everyone’s life is
different, it is always God Who is leading us “by the hand.” This, he said, “is
the gift we have received, and we give the gift of the witness of a life.”
In Cardinal Sodano, the Pope said, we see “the testimony of
a man who has done so much for the Church, in different situations, with joy
and with tears.” But, he continued, “the testimony that today seems to me
perhaps the greatest that he gives us is that of an ecclesially
disciplined man, and this is a grace for which I thank you, Cardinal.”
The Mass for Cardinal Sodano was celebrated in the Pauline
chapel in the Apostolic Palace. Cardinal Sodano, whose birthday was November
23, served the Church as Secretary of State from 1991-2006. He
is currently Dean of the College of Cardinals.
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