Vatican City, 26 October 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has sent a telegram of condolences to the Archbishop
of Bratislava and the president of the Episcopal Conference of
Slovakia, Stanislav Zvolensky, for the death last Saturday of
Cardinal Jan Chryzostom Korec, at the age of 91.
The Pope remembers with profound
emotion the archbishop emeritus of Nitra, a committed and generous
pastor who throughout his long episcopal ministry was a “fearless
witness of the Gospel and a tireless defender of the Christian faith
and the rights of the person”.
The cardinal, who was imprisoned for
several years and prevented from freely exercising his episcopal
mission, “did not let himself be intimidated, always giving a
luminous example of strength and trust in divine providence, as well
as faithfulness to the See of Peter”, Francis writes.
“I thank the Lord for having given
His Church this eminent priestly and episcopal figure, and raise
fervent prayers to God that He might welcome in His eternal joy,
after so much suffering, this good and faithful servant”. The Pope
concludes by offering his apostolic blessing to the archbishop, the
Slovakian episcopate, the presbytery, religious communities and all
the faithful of the diocese of Nitra, whom the cardinal loved and
served, as a sign of Christian faith and hope in the Resurrected
Lord.
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