Vatican
City, 21 January 2013
(VIS) – The Holy Father has written a message to the new Patriarch
of Alexandria of the Copts, His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, in
which he writes that his election to the patriarchal throne is "an
important event for the entire Church". In the same letter he
grants the "Ecclesiastica Communio", "in conformity
with the custom and the desire of the Catholic Church".
"I
am sure," continues the pontiff, "that, with the power of
Christ, victor over evil and death by His resurrection, and with the
cooperation of the fathers of your patriarchal synod, in communion
with the college of bishops, you will have the courage to guide the
Coptic Church. … May the Lord help you in your ministry as 'Father
and Head', to proclaim the Word of God, so that it may be lived and
celebrated with piety according to the ancient spiritual and
liturgical traditions of the Coptic Church and may all the faithful
find comfort in the paternal care of their new patriarch."
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