POPE RECALLS DECEASED CARDINALS AND BISHOPS

VATICAN CITY, NOV 12, 1999 (VIS) - This morning in the Vatican Basilica, the Pope celebrated a Mass in remembrance of the cardinals and bishops who died during the course of the last year. The members of the college of cardinals concelebrated the mass with the Holy Father.

John Paul II particularly recalled Cardinals Carlos Oviedo Cavada, Raul Silva Henriquez and George Basil Hume and the deceased archbishops and bishops. "In their apostolic work, rooted in the faith," the Pope said in his homily, "and in their attentive pastoral service, they placed their gaze well beyond earthly confines, trusting in the Lord, announcing His name to their brothers and sisters and praising Him in the gatherings of believers. May they now rest in the house of the heavenly Father, peaceful dwelling of the children of God."

"We turn to the God of life that He may welcome our deceased brothers who for many years worked generously in His vineyard. Now that the Lord has summoned them, may they experience the consoling truth of the promise of Christ: 'The Son gives eternal life to all'."

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