Vatican City, 25 July 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has sent a telegram of condolences to the cardinal
archbishop of Washington, U.S.A., Donald Wuerl, for the death of
Cardinal William Wakefield Baum, archbishop emeritus of the same
archdiocese and major penitentiary emeritus, on 23 July at the age of
88.
In his text the Pope expresses his
gratitude for the late cardinal's years of episcopal service in
Springfield-Cape Girardeau and in Washington, and for his long
service to the Apostolic See as Prefect of the Congregation for
Catholic Education and major penitentiary. The Holy Father commends
the late cardinal's soul to God, the Father of all mercies, and
imparts his apostolic blessing to all who mourn his passing.
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