Vatican City, 14 January 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has sent a telegram from Sri Lanka to the president
of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, who today stepped down
from the position he has held since May 2006. The eleventh president
of the Italian Republic and the only one to have been re-elected
twice, Napolitano visited the Vatican to greet Pope Francis on 8 June
2013, the first official state visit of his second mandate. The full
text of the telegram is published below:
“Having learned of your resignation
from the role of Head of State during my apostolic trip in Sri Lanka
and the Philippines, I am spiritually close to you and wish to
express to you my sentiments of sincere esteem and keen appreciation
for your generous and exemplary service to the Italian nation,
performed with authority, loyalty and tireless dedication to the
common good. Your enlightened and wise action has contributed to
strengthening within the population the ideals of solidarity, unity
and harmony, especially in a European and national context marked by
considerable difficulties. I invoke divine assistance for you, your
wife and your loved ones, with the assurance of your constant
remembrance in my prayers”.
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