Vatican
City, 3 February 2013 (VIS) – Benedict XVI has written a letter to
His Beatitude Louis Raphael Sako, the new Patriarch of Babylon of the
Chaldeans, granting the "Ecclesiastica Communio" requested
of him by the Patriarch.
In
the text the Pope asks the Lord to fill His Beatitude with "every
grace and blessing" and that he be enlightened "in order to
tirelessly proclaim the Gospel, following the living tradition that
dates back to St. Thomas the Apostle. May the good and eternal
Shepherd sustain you in the faith of our fathers and give you the
zeal of yesterday's and today's martyrs to safeguard the spiritual
and liturgical heritage of the venerated Chaldean Church as its
'Pater et Caput'. May your ministry be a comfort to the faithful
Chaldeans in the motherland and in diaspora, but also to the entire
Catholic community and for Christians living in the land of Abraham,
as a stimulus for reconciliation, for mutual acceptance, and for
peace for the entire Iraqi population."
At
the same time, the Holy Father wrote a letter, in Latin, to Cardinal
Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental
Churches, naming him as the pontifical delegate to preside, Monday, 4
February in the Vatican Basilica, over the Eucharistic celebration in
confirmation of the ecclesial communion with the new Patriarch.
No comments:
Post a Comment