Vatican City, 18 April 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has sent a telegram of condolences to the Archbishop
of Chicago, U.S.A., Blase J. Cupich, for the death yesterday, Friday
17 April, of Cardinal Francis Eugene George, O.M.I., emeritus of the
same archdiocese, at the age of 78.
In the text the Pope recalls with
gratitude Cardinal George's witness of consecrated life as an Oblate
of Mary Immaculate, his service to the Church's educational
apostolate, and his years of episcopal ministry in the Churches of
Yakima, Portland and Chicago, and commends the soul of “this wise
and gentle pastor” to the merciful love of the Father.
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