Vatican
City, 12 February 2013
(VIS) - Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, archbishop of Krakow, Poland,
after begin informed of Benedict XVI's resignation yesterday, made
the following declaration in Krakow.
"With
great respect and emotion I accept the Holy Father Benedict XVI's
decision to resign from the governance of the Church and to entrust
the care of Her future events to the College of Cardinals. I
understand the reasons that the Holy Father presented to the members
of the consistory. After John Paul II's death, Benedict XVI has
guided Christ's Church with great reflection and wisdom, which come
from his exceptional intellectual ability as well as his deep faith.
I thank the Holy Father for all his efforts to renew the Church in
the spirit of fidelity to the Teacher of Nazareth. As one of the
bishops of Poland, I assure him of our gratitude for his friendship
with John Paul II, for his beatification, and also for his
exceptional benevolence toward the Polish nation. Personally, I will
always be faithful and grateful for everything that I have received
from him. The Church in Krakow will be eternally appreciative to the
Peter of our time, Benedict XVI. Gratitude and fidelity. We will
remain united in prayer and dedication, together with the Holy
Father. I entrust Benedict XVI to the Holy Spirit and to Our Lady of
Lourdes, the patroness of the day."
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