VATICAN CITY, NOV 10, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father has sent a telegram to Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura of Yokohama, Japan, for the death, at the age of 77, of Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples.
In his telegram, the Pope recalls the late cardinal's pastoral ministry "for nearly two decades" in Yokohama, as well as his "lively concern for the poor and his generous service to the universal Church", and he commends "the soul of this proud son of the Japanese people to the loving mercy of God our heavenly Father."
In another telegram, sent to Teresa Teruko Uematsu, sister of the late cardinal, the Holy Father assures her of my prayers for Cardinal Hamao's eternal rest "and I ask our Lord Jesus Christ to grant you the consolation and peace born of our firm hope in His promises."
TGR/HAMAO DEATH/UMEMURA:UEMATSU VIS 20071112 (170)
In his telegram, the Pope recalls the late cardinal's pastoral ministry "for nearly two decades" in Yokohama, as well as his "lively concern for the poor and his generous service to the universal Church", and he commends "the soul of this proud son of the Japanese people to the loving mercy of God our heavenly Father."
In another telegram, sent to Teresa Teruko Uematsu, sister of the late cardinal, the Holy Father assures her of my prayers for Cardinal Hamao's eternal rest "and I ask our Lord Jesus Christ to grant you the consolation and peace born of our firm hope in His promises."
TGR/HAMAO DEATH/UMEMURA:UEMATSU VIS 20071112 (170)
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