Vatican
City, 16 November 2013 (VIS) – The episcopate is a service, not an
honour, the Holy Father reiterated yesterday during the episcopal
ordination in St. Peter's Basilica of Msgr. Fernando Vergez Alzaga,
secretary general of the Governorate of Vatican City State.
During
the ordination of the new bishop, who is from Salamanca, Spain, and
is a member of the Legionaries of Christ, Pope Francis pronounced the
ritual homily for the consecration of bishops from the Roman
Pontifical, adding a few phrases in which he mentioned the prelate's
tenderness and charity in his service as secretary to the late
Argentine Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio. He concluded by
emphasising that the pastoral care of Vatican employees had been
entrusted to him, and urged Bishop Vergez Alzaga to be “a father
and brother to them, with true love and tenderness”.
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